“We all know that these housing units came from our fellow Filipinos, not from the NHA, not from anyone else. “Let [us]stay in those housing units… which were funded by the people, not by the government, so let the occupants stay there,” he said. On March 8, throngs of Kadamay members and leaders occupied the empty housing units built for retired police and soldiers. Meanwhile, Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo also on Friday described as “self-righteous” those who criticized her department’s distribution of food packs to Kadamay members and leaders. She said the DSWD’s mandate is to “serve the urban poor” without discrimination.

Source: Manila Times March 24, 2017 13:41 UTC