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Japan PM promises action after homeless denied typhoon refuge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 06:05 PM

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised Tuesday to take action after reports emerged of two homeless men being denied access to a Tokyo typhoon shelter as a powerful storm, which killed nearly 70 people, battered Japan. Read more »

'International Homeless Animals' Day' pinagdiwang ng celebrities, advocates

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 08:37 PM

Isinusulong din nila na palakasin ang batas para sa animal welfare.  Read more »

Shooting of homeless Pinoy in Hawaii reclassified as 2nd-degree murder

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 05:00 PM

Autopsy done on the body of Delmar Espejo, 28, revealed a bullet entered his upper back from close range. Read more »

Huwag magbigay ng limos sa mga pulubi, panawagan ng DSWD

Raya Capulong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 04:31 PM

Nanawagan ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa publiko Huwebes na iwasan ang pagbibigay ng limos sa mga pulubi na nasa kalsada lalo na ngayong panahon ng kapaskuhan. Read more »

Cash pours in for homeless 'trolley man' who battled terror attacker

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 07:48 AM

Donations poured in Monday for a homeless man dubbed "trolleyman" for his attempt to use a shopping cart to halt last week's deadly lone wolf terror attack in Melbourne.   Read more »

Left with no other choice

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 06:20 PM

A mother takes care of her child at their railside home under a bridge in Manila on Friday. Read more »

Homeless people in Japan fewer than 5,000, gov't says

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 13 11:10 PM

The number of homeless people in Japan hit a 15-year-low below 5,000, the country's welfare ministry said Friday, attributing the drop to efforts by local governments to help them become independent. Read more »

Ejercito appeals to Kadamay members to stop trespassing

Vivienne Gulla,, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 12:43 AM

Ejercito appealed to Kadamay members to wait for the passage of the measure seeking to address issues on housing projects, instead of trespassing. Read more »

Urban poor group presses gov't on housing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 08:46 AM

Hundreds of members of the urban poor group Kadamay marched in Bulacan on Tuesday to press for the award of government housing units to the homeless. Read more »

Kadamay protest

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 01:05 PM

A woman holds up a placard as members of urban poor group KADAMAY troop to the National Housing Authority (NHA) during its "homeless" caravan on Thursday. Read more »

Asleep with cats

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Jan 18 02:49 PM

A homeless woman sleeps with her pet cats tied next to her to prevent them from leaving, on a street in Manila on Wednesday.  Read more »

Homeless clampdown sparks UK royal wedding row

Martine Pauwels, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 08:43 AM

In picturesque Windsor, in the shadow of the castle where Queen Elizabeth II spends her weekends, a dozen homeless people shelter from the cold in a jumble of blankets and cardboard boxes. Read more »

Higit 20 pamilya, nawalan ng tirahan sa 2 sunog sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 07:10 PM

Higit 20 pamilya sa Quezon City ang nawalan ng tirahan sa magkahiwalay na insidente ng sunog.  Read more »

Council leader wants beggars removed before UK royal wedding

Michael Holden, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 11:01 PM

LONDON - Beggars need to be cleared by police from the streets of Windsor before the wedding of Prince Harry to girlfriend Meghan Markle because their “detritus” is presenting the picturesque English town in a poor light, the local council leader has said. Read more »

A hard knock life for London's rough sleepers

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 11:14 PM

LONDON - Outside London's Piccadilly theatre where tickets cost up to 110 pounds and a banner advertising the musical "Annie" reads "It's a hard knock life", Bryan and Kevin sleep in small tents on the street.   Read more »

DSWD launches #HelpTheHomelessPH

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 01:33 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday launched its #HelpTheHomelessPH initiative as part of efforts to help poor Filipinos who have been living on the streets.    Read more »

Protesters on housing dispersed

Romeo Mariano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 04:44 PM

Authorities disperse members of the urban poor group Kadamay, who held a protest at the National Housing Authority office.  Read more »

'Box City': A community of homeless Filipinos in San Francisco

Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 03:00 AM

Beneath San Francisco's opulent landscape lies a community that sticks out like a sore thumb.   Read more »

Fountain of youth

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Aug 04 07:07 PM

A boy plays in a water fountain at a public park in Manila on Thursday. Homeless people take advantage of the flowing water in the public fountains to take a break. Read more »

Fil-Am pageant queen helps hydrate the homeless

Fleur Magbanua-Mansur, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Jul 08 07:08 PM

One Filipino-American has been trying to make a difference for the needy over the past six years. Her advocacy, hydration for the homeless, is personal because dehydration is one of the triggers for her disability. Read more »