Street dwellers to get P4,000 each to rent homes during APEC

Shameful. That’s how the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) described the government’s plan to “hide” street dwellers by giving them money to rent temporary homes during the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. “Window dressing poverty remains as this administration’s biggest moral scandal. And now it is resorting to the same tactics it did when Pope Francis visited Manila in January,” Mon Ilagan, UNA spokesman and provincial coordinator, said. APEC LIGHTS — Under the awesome lights, the stage is being set for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, yesterday. (Ali Vicoy) This developed as the officials announced that access to some of the busiest thoroughfares in Metro Manila will be limited to give way to the delegates attending the APEC Summit from November 16 to 20. According to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), designated APEC lanes will be [...]