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REBLOG: On the issue of the Urban Poor settlers « Apathy kills 2.0 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:50:24 +0000

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anjo — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:10:01 +0000

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My Lakbayan grade is B- « Victor Villanueva — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:44:13 +0000

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Comment on On “Squatters” by Benedict Bernabe

Benedict Bernabe — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:05:03 +0000

We have squatters because we have tolerated a society that has rigged the entire system against people.

In our indigenous past, walang squatters. Lahat may karapatang mag-ari ng lupa. When the colonists came in, they’ve introduced land titling, using the Spanish language. So only the Spanish literate were able to own land. It doesn’t matter if your ancestors have tilled the land for generations, kung wala kang papel, wala kang lupa.

This is why you have vast haciendas, like Hacienda Mandaluyong of the Ortigas family, which is where this squatters colony originally belonged. If you look at it, Francisco Ortigas Sr. – a good friend of Presidents Quezon and Osmeña – is the original squatter, acquiring the Hacienda from the Augustinian priests.

Kung may naghihirap, may nakinabang. If the system was rigged against somebody, it was rigged in favor of someone else. We are able to pay taxes, have a job and live a life free of grinding poverty because in one way or another, nakinabang tayo at ang mga ninuno natin? Now, if it didn’t happen in our generation, does it mean wala tayong responsibilidad na itama ang sitwasyon? That’s the same reasoning na gagamitin ng mga anak natin at ng mga apo natin. Ang mga problemang minana at ipapamana ng walang kalutasan ay gagawa ng mas malaking problema.

Comment on On “Squatters” by jego

jego — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:21:40 +0000

Sa totoo lng halos lahat ng squatter’s mga walang trabaho mga magnanakaw sa kalapit na communidad,marami kaso ng krimen dito sa amin dahil lang sa pagdami ng mga squatter na yan,nabubuhay sila sa pagnanakaw,prostitusyon at drug’s at arrogante pa mga gago halatang hindi lumaki sa mabuting asal,pero hindi ko naman nilalahat meron din mga nagsusumikap at pinipilit makaalis sa ganung buhay,kaya saludo ako sa kanila. At tungkol dun sa San Juan i dont blame the police kasi kahit sa ibang bansa hindi ka pwede sumagot sa police yun pa kaya na pinagbabato sila ng bote at bato,they deserve to apply force specially buhay nila nakasalalay dun,at syempre unfair din sa mga investor’s na nakabili ng lupa kasi hindi nman nila pinulot yung pera na na invest dun sa lupa at the same time makaka likha pa sila ng trabaho para sa mga taga san juan.

Comment on On “Squatters” by enrico miguel subido

enrico miguel subido — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:55:19 +0000

ok.

but what if it was your land these informal settlers decided to occupy?

Comment on On “Squatters” by Carlos C Tapang

Carlos C Tapang — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:54:45 +0000

This is at best a shallow analysis of the problem. Tulad ng sabi ni Frank, ang problema ay walang trabaho sa Pinas. Kung walang trabaho, walang income. Kung walang income, walang pambayad ng renta or walang pambili ng condo. Kaya mag-iskwat na lang.

Kung ating pababayaan na mag-iskwat ang mga tao, siyempre dadami ang iskwater. Sa Pinas lamang maraming iskwater. Sa Indonesya, Malaysia, Singapore, etc walang mga iskwater. Mali ang 1987 Constitution tungkol dito: kinukunsinti ang ganitong behavior, kaya siyempre dadami ang iskwater. Ito ang isa sa mga dahilan na kailangang i-reform ang ating consitution.

Part of our big problem is that our 1987 Constitution has no respect for property rights.

Comment on On “Squatters” by Frank Mangulabnan

Frank Mangulabnan — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:18:08 +0000

Hangga’t hindi nalulutas ang matinding kahirapan dahil sa kawalan ng regular na trabaho na may disenteng sahod at benepisyo, hindi malulutas ang squatting kasama na ang paninirahan sa mga delikadong lugar at pakikipanirahan sa mga patay sa mga simenteryo kahit na libo-libo pa ang i-resettle taon-taon. Tiyak na may papalit at papalit sa mga mare-resettle at maraming iba pa ang magsisi-alis sa mga resettlements dahil pa rin sa kahirapan sa buhay. -frankmangulabnan,MIGRANTE-New Zealand,201201130155

Comment on On “Squatters” by ariestotle

ariestotle — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:25:46 +0000

I live near a squatter’s area. All I can say is, based on living with them, I want them all out of there. Now that is based on first hand experience. Kung nakikitira ka nalang sa isang lugar, irespeto mo kapitbahay mo. Kaya madaming galit sa squatters. Now I don’t know how these people in San Juan are living, I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt. But in my experience, all the squatter’s area I have lived nearby, I want them all outta there. I pay my taxes, electricity, and did everything the law has asked me to do. I will not accept these people in my community.