“What will happen?” people ask in connection with the elections. I remind them of an Irish saying that may apply as much to the Philippines as it does to Ireland: “In Ireland th…

When you walk along the Manggahan Floodway these days, as we did last week, past kilometer after kilometer of bulldozed houses and rubble, you may think you are in East Jerusalem o…

Last 9th August 2009, Locoa secretariat staff, Maria Fides Bagasao and Cha Sungoak shared with children in Dulggot Hyangrin -it means fragrant neighbors like wild flowers- Church a…

Summary of Activities LOCOA Anti-Eviction Field Visit Jakarta and Surabaya, Indonesia 26 May – 1 June 2009 Prepared by Jeff Wong, coordinator of Locoa Anti-Eviction …

Summary of Activities LOCOA Anti-Eviction Field Visit Kolkata and Mumbai, India 27 March – 11 April 2009 Prepared by Jeff Wong, cordinator of Locoa Anti-Eviction Ko…

Summary of Activities LOCOA Anti-Eviction Field Visit Manila, Philippines 2 – 9 March 2009 Prepared by Jeff Wong, cordinator of Locoa Anti-Eviction 3 March 2009: …

=> Boengkak residents rally in front of PM Hun Sen's House Summary of Activities LOCOA Anti-Eviction Field Visit Phnom Penh, Cambodia 28 April – 5 May 2009 Prepare…

Last Sunday I brought a friend to visit communities of the urban poor where we have worked for many years. It was a warm, lovely day, but it turned out to be a very bad day for lit…

There were very few walk-in people at the June 10 protest rally in Makati. Almost everyone who was there came as part of an organized group—urban poor groups, political parti…

By accident we were able to listen in on the poor as they prayed to God during the recent Kalbaryo of the Urban Poor in Plaza Miranda. The thousands of urban poor people attending …