#save san roque

[larnax]

finished the ot2 half party challenge:

yeah i ended up pulling out the hired help to do roque at lvl 40. i ended up doing the darkling second try at lvl 43 with no hired help so in hindsight i should've switched the orders i was just really scared of malicious bite

honestly. very anti-climactic. sucks that the tower is locked behind hikari's story because i think she would've probably been a big challenge. ot2 in general is easier than ot1 just because of the introduction of almighty damage but i absolutely should've kept hired help banned because roque took about five minutes with an attack that could destroy his entire train unbroken.

i unlocked all the other jobs in case i needed their skills or i got tired of not having staff/dagger coverage but i ended up not switching once or even using support skills other than evasive maneuvers. that was mostly because without grinding i was pretty low on JP but sans saving grace or insult to injury or patience or snatch or cover there aren't that many support skills that are really worth it.

[jerryantiques]

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SHOW NOTES - Episode 1 “Kailangan ko ng (Urban) Space” Topic: Urban Development Guest: Miguel “Miggy” Novero of Save San Roque Coalition Release Date: 10/31/2022

Paano nga ba natin nasasabing maunlad ang isang lungsod? Sa dami ba ito ng nagtataasang building at parking spaces? O di kaya sa dami ng malls na naitayo sa bawat kanto ng kalsada? OA diba, pero living proof ito ng EDSA.

Our first topic dishes out insights about urban development. Our guest is Miggy Novero, a volunteer from the Save San Roque Coalition. We’re discussing the topic using clips from one of our engaging class lectures last semester on development economics.

We always start our discussions by leveling our understanding and appreciation for development. Ano nga ba ang kaunlaran? At para kanino ito? Kung ang sukatan natin ng kaunlaran ay GDP per capita at dami ng skyscrapers at may-ari ng kotse sa lipunan, maaaring masabing maunlad ang ating bansa. Pero kung ang batayan natin ay mga taong naiipit sa traffic araw-araw o mga pamilyang walang maayos na tirahan, mag-iiba ngayon ang dynamics ng ating usapan at depinisyon. 

Sa aking mga klase, malinaw na ang development ay nakatuon sa tao, para sa tao, at dapat laging patungo sa tao. Hindi ito positive dimension lamang, nakasalig sa mga numero at porsyento; kundi naiintindihan nating may kwento sa likod ng bawat datos na ito. Nakikita natin ang mukha ng bawat bilang na ating tinatantos o tinatala. 

Tingnan na lamang natin sa usapin ng urban development. Lumalawak ang usapin ukol dito dahil sinasaklaw nito ang mga pangunahing pangangailangan ng tao: housing, transport, basic services, at spaces.

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Kung ganito karami ang taong titira sa mga siyudad, paano natin dapat gawing kalidad ang pamumuhay dito? Students of development value these two principles into our discourse and eventually, when we put our advocacies into action:

People have the foremost right to the city. David Harvey defines the “right to the city” as a common human right to change the city by changing ourselves, i.e., the inhabitants. This is a later iteration of Henri Lefebvre’s (1968, 1973) slogan during the Paris Commune, which has since been used as a major battlecry to expand spaces for the co-creation of cities, detached from the influence of commodification and neoliberal capitalism (Purcell, 2013; Harvey, 2008). Hindi kotse o building, o iba pang nagha-haring uri ang may-ari ng ating mga lugar, kundi mga tao ang dapat mariing nakikinabang dito. Tayo ang dapat pangunahin sa polisiya, kausap sa bawat konsultasyon at pagpapasya, at siya ring binabalikan tuwing may assessment na magaganap. Deliberative, participative, at inclusive ang proseso. Mabigat itong hingin, pero dapat nating ilaban ang ating right to the city.

Our actions should not be at the collective expense of marginalized communities and our environment. Because our framework rests upon rights and inclusivity, there is a greater imperative to consider how our urban decisions affect the health of our environment and our relationship as a people. Hindi pwedeng iilan lang ang makikinabang; o di kaya’y makikinabang tayong lahat pero maraming bahagi ng ating kalikasan ang mawawala. Kaya mainam ang ating panawagan para sa green spaces, paggamit ng mga puno sa mga daanan bilang natural airconditioners, at pagse-seguro na may mga basurahan tayong mapagtatapunan kaysa ikalat ito sa daanan.

Strong and inclusive urban development rests on the presence of public urban spaces. Kapag walang lugar para makapagtipon ng malaya ang mga tao para sa iba’t iba niyang social activities, nababawasan ang mga pagkakataon for exchange and discourse. Mainam sa demokrasya ang pagkakaroon ng parehas at patas na espasyo para magkadaupang-palad. The practice may not ensure full equality, but it does guarantee a wonderful opportunity to share an experience with people from all walks of life. This should be the strength of our civic lives. 

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You can click on the hyperlinks to view the material and/or its abstract. If you are interested to read more about urbanization in general, you may check out the following materials:

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

The right to the city in New Left Review by David Harvey

For more specific discussions on Philippine urbanization, here are some suggested links to visit:

Neoliberalizing Spaces in the Philippines: Suburbanization, Transnational Migration, and Dispossession by Arnisson Andre Ortega

Explore these orgs to know more about our urban advocacies:

Save San Roque Coalition

AltMobility PH

That’s it for our lesson today!

[pamalawag]

The Weight of Silence

      What do murderers leave behind after a slaughter? Blood? Rainclouds? The smell of gunpowder mixed with ash, settling gently in a corner of the kitchen? Lingling clutched the plastic bag of rice closer to her chest. Silence, she decided after a while. That is what murderers leave in their wake.

      Lingling watched the men as they clambered up their trucks, hauling rifles, unopened sacks of rice, and monobloc chairs. They were quiet, except for the occasional barking from one of the men, sitting in passenger seat of one of the trucks. He introduced himself as Lieutenant Partosa. He looked like he was in his late 20’s, with a tall, lean frame, short-cropped hair, and a permanently furrowed brow.  Nay Sena, the sitio’s oldest resident, approached him, one hand still carrying the five kilos of rice the men had given away earlier, the other gripping the car window. As she talked—Lingling was too far away to hear her words—Partosa’s brow creased even further as he peered down at her. Then he pointed to the back of the truck, where the men were now loading unopened cartons of sardines. Nay Sena approached them, stooped and frail, and held her hand out. A bald, middle-aged man, wearing clothes that looked more faded than that of his companions, gave her a couple of canned sardines then motioned for her to go away.

      After the men had loaded up all their things into their trucks, they drove off, one after the other. Everyone from the sitio watched them leave. When the men had all gone and the dust finally settled into a muted, sweltering March afternoon

      “Way klarong mga tawhana!” Anton exclaimed. His fists were clenched; the veins along his arms seemed ready to burst from his skin. His bare feet stirred up the dust in the sitio hall.

      “What now?” Jose, Anton’s father, asked him as he sat down and put one foot up on the bench. He and most of the sitio’s men had come from the corn fields and had therefore missed the meeting.  He held out his hand to his son. “Bi sa imong layter.”

      Anton sat down next to his father and passed him a lighter. “They killed another chicken, Pa.”

      Jose didn’t even blink. He took out an old instant noodle wrapper filled with cut up newspaper strips and inad-ad—finely shredded tobacco. He took a pinch and evenly spread it out on the half-folded newspaper strip. It seemed like a news article; only the headline remained intact. It read: “BEWARE THE REDS!”

      “Did you hear me, Pa?” Anton asked. “I said they killed another one of our chickens. We were saving that one for Maymay’s graduation.”

      Jose rolled up his likit and lit it. “What can we do, son?” Jose sighed and took a drag.

“Be grateful it was just a chicken,” Noning said, leaning on one of the wooden posts. “I heard they took another one, a girl this time, taga-San Roque.”

“Surely they don’t think she could be one of… them?” Manang Diday piped up. “Oh, keep still, ‘day!” she scolded her ten-year-old daughter Nina, sitting between her knees, as she picked out lice from her hair.

“You know how these people are. They think just because they have guns, they can do whatever they want,” Anton said.

“That’s called Martial Law, anak,” Jose laughed darkly.

“Laugh all you want, Jose,” Manang Diday pointed at him. “I’m surprised you all had the guts to head to the fields today. One of them was looking for you, you know, asking why you didn’t join the meeting.”

“Well, they found us,” Jose said. “Three of them went straight to my field, looking for Noning and Samuel, and all the other men. It’s a good thing they found them and let them go.”

“Yeah. Just in time too. And after a million questions,” Noning chuckled. “Ay, that reminds me.” He reached into his pocket and took out a pad of bright red capsules and a small, folded note. “For your brother.” He handed it to Lingling.

“Salamat, ‘kol,” Lingling smiled and took the medicine. Noning winked.

Jose looked at her with concern. “How’s Basil?” he asked.

“Arang-arang na, ‘kol,” Lingling replied.

“Lorena was asking if you were able to get the name of that lieutenant earlier,” Noning asked her.

“Lieutenant Partosa. He looks kind of like kuya, actually.”

“Kuya Basil is much more handsome!” Nina giggled.

Everyone laughed at tiny Nina. “No doubt he’s much kinder,” Diday sighed. “Naku ’day, I just wish his wound would get better, poor thing. We can’t hide him here forever. Who knows what they’ll do to him if they find out we’ve been harboring him.”

Lingling gently touched her hand and tried to sound as brave as her brother. “We’ll be fine, Manang. We’ll just have to keep quiet.”

They stayed in the sitio hall until late in the afternoon, waiting. Nay Sena emerged from her hut, carrying a bayong filled with rice and canned sardines. Anton hurried to help her.

“We’ll come back the next day, ‘nay,” Noning told Nay Sena when she reached them. He took the bayong. “Down by the river, as usual.”

“There’s some tundan bananas there,” Nay Sena squeaked.

“I’ll be sure to give an extra piece to Lorena. Anton can come with me,” Noning smiled.

“Just be careful,” said Jose gently.

Silence followed. The whole of San Miguel sat and waited for night to come, listening to the river at the foot of the hill, roaring with all its might as it made its way down toward the plains to which all killers returned, deaf to the coming torrent.

[kyemephotos]

Construction on-going // visited SSR for immersion, get a better sense of the impact of aggressive land conversion and urban displacement in Manila

[geelamanila]

San Roque, July 2019

Sharing photos from last July’s visit at Sitio San Roque.

Walls of San Roque’s center where volunteers are fed by meals cooked by the community.

Good boys.

The gap between the rich and the poor could easily be spotted in San Roque. Tall buildings tower over the people’s houses which are made of wood and substandard materials. 

The same towering buildings were constructed by workers living in the urban poor community. Deprived of decent living wages, proper working conditions, and even their right to home and the city, will the community even experience living in the condominiums their own hands built? 

The land in San Roque is fertile. Above is a photo of a squash’s leaf which randomly grew in the site. Aside from squash, Kangkong also used to grow in the area. 

Residents preparing for a debut. 

A small Muslim community also settles in San Roque, because of this, food stalls offering halal food also emerged in the community, and this serves as a source of livelihood to some residents. 

Follow @SaveSanRoque on Twitter and Facebook to learn more about the community and volunteer.

[peaches-writes]

Is the shoppee donation associated with the government? If it is, it shouldn't be donated to. The government is corrupt. I'm from Philippines.

it’s from Kaya Natin Movement which isn’t affiliated with the government directly but it’s collaborating with the Office of the Vice President they’re very transparent with the money and they’re quick with moblizing you can check their twitter @/KayaNatinPH 

other NGOs / groups you can mainly donate to are Tulong Kabataan, Anakbayan (Cavite grp’s most active rn i think), LFS, UPLB, UPB (Cadua UPB!!!), ADMU 

also check this masterlist my friends are making

[smileyrice]

PAYPAL DONATIONS FOR INTL DONORS hello! as some of you may know, the philippine elections and its partial results have been a Trying time for filipinos as there have been many cases of vote buying and broken vote counting machines. as the son of a dictator might become our next president, many sectors will be affected (and this is very much an understatement). with that, i am opening my ko-fi to paypal donations in case any international donors might want to help. i will be donating to save san roque, an alliance that advocates for urban development in sitio san roque. please read their statement here for more information. donations will run until may 12, but i may extend if needed.

thank you for your generosity and please take care! LINK TO KO-FI: ko-fi.com/smileyrice

erratum: may 12 is THURSDAY, not friday. thank you.

[ladecena]

“𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐘𝐄, 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄”📸

When I was in high-school I’ve always dream of having a camera. It amaze me specially when I hear it’s ticking sound, it fascinates me to take pictures on my own. For me, pictures are wonderful and having a camera on your own is peculiar. And I think that’s the only thing I know about photography and pictures. I didn’t see anything but the beauty of it and I didn’t consider the meaning. But time goes by, I saw the purpose of pictures, of how it looks like. I’ve seen real stories, deep meaning and deep feelings that if you will dig into it you’ll see the truth that will let the picture free. I’ve seen that pictures creates story, and story creates engagement & brotherhood but more than that it creates door to everyone to witness the hope. There is an eye to see, who is ready to help, who have this companion and heart to act. Camera is an eye and picture is the voice.

By that, I want this humble picture of mine to take it’s way. This photo taken after the typhoon Ulysses. It was on the 13th day of November 2020 at Barangay San Roque, San Pedro Laguna. An unexpected tragedy that shocked a lot of people. This picture screams help, destitute, ache, starvation and home. Other government officials do not pay attention. Simply because they are blinded by their powers and position. These people needs a helping hand to protect them, to give them enough food to eat. Kids are suffering. They do not deserve this at their very young age. Their hands needs rope for assistance, their feet needs well passage and not wet passage to walk through, their body needs heat at this cold moment, their stomach screams for warm soup, they don’t care about the ingredients at least they are full and a home to sleep on. But to whom, where and when they will get that? The problem is their small voice, they scream but they are corded by this poverty, by this unequality and by this rotten system of the government. At that time their eyes talked to me saying “help”. I realized that as a simple individual I can help through volunteering and to be their voice as I took their pictures. Maybe it is a simple one, a simple act of helping but to me this picture of them makes sense as long as they are the subject. Writing creates a new door and a new beginning. Let us begin to help.

Therefore, picture is an alternative voice of those people who can’t speak not because they are silent but because of the poverty. Picture is not just a static picture. Picture is art, but it is more than that. It was a light. A light to enlighten the people’s eye, a light to touch their heart and a light to connect to their soul. Taking pictures makes sense the moment you offer your heart to it. I am happy when I took pictures, it makes me powerful because I’m not just expressing my talent, I show the reality of that photo. Pictures creates story, a story that turns the imaginary into reality. Because sometimes picture is the voice of the unspoken feelings. As like Ansel Adams said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” You and your picture matter. Serve people, save people.

- 🍀 leaf

June 07, 2021

[rainandcheese]

contribution for Save San Roque's Zinebang Gabi, a holiday charity zine last December! really enjoyed making this one

[tierracottas]

i haven't seen enough coverage or information about it on here so hello. the philippines was just hit with another storm in the span of two weeks,and as of now, the damage cost is around billions of pesos, and it's going to continue to rise along with the body count as our president isn't doing anything and local government units and regular citizens continue to take care of the rescues and relief. there are people currently stranded on the roofs of their houses that have been submerged underwater, and there are those looking for their relatives in the floods, and there is no definite answer of when they'll be able to evacuate or eat or seek warmth.

we are in dire need of donations, so please give if you can. whatever you can afford is already a lot of help. here are links to some drives:

SAGIP PROJECT

IUPLIFT PH

MAYTWENTYAKO

PAGBANGON

NAMNAMA TI SANGKATWAN

PARA SA MARIKINA ; PARA SA RIZAL

SAMA-SAMANG BABANGON

SAVE SAN ROQUE

ANAKBAYAN PH

still looking for more, but here's a link to a compilation with more options and locations covered so the help is spread out:

[shellwanders]

EEB Southern Breeze: HOW TO GET THERE + FAQs

This place is a go-to destination if one wants to be with nature

EEB Southern Breeze is a private beach resort situated at San Roque, Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte. Traveling to EEB Southern Breeze for the first time? This detailed and curated travel guide will make it easy for you to navigate your way inside, save money, and maximize your time. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🌈 Shelley Mae (@shellwanders) Follow me in Instagram >> ✓ OPTION 1…

[humanrightsupdates]

Take action now - peaceful protestors detained by police in the Philippines

Peaceful protesters, who had gathered to demand government aid during the COVID-19 community quarantine, were violently dispersed by the police on 1 April 2020, resulting in 21 protesters being arrested & detained. The protesters, who have since been released on bail, will be informed of the charges against them and expected to enter their plea on 28 August. 

The residents peacefully protested to call for government aid, after a supposed relief distribution by a private company did not happen. Because of the community quarantine that began on 17 March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Filipinos have been unable to earn a living. The Save San Roque Alliance maintains that the police violently dispersed the protesters and hit people with wooden sticks. There appears to have been no action to investigate allegations of violence by the police.

The 21 individuals may face various charges, including “unlawful assembly” and “non-cooperation in a health emergency”, with combined penalties of up to 20 months in jail and over PhP 1.1 million (USD 22,000) in fines each.

Take action now - email, write a letter or Tweet to the police to drop all charges against them as these are either contrary to international human rights law or carry penalties that will disproportionately affect the group and that the authorities investigate the police’s use of force at the protest.

[haymepascual-blog]

Barangay Safety Talk 101 at San Roque, San Rafael, Bulacan

( with the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Manager, Sir Genaro Acuña )

As a UST NSTP student, I’ve conducted a short safety talk with our own Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Manager, Sir Acuña last December 14, 2019. With the knowledge and experience I’ve gained, I would like to share with you how our small barangay amidst such peace, is still prepared (although not perfect) and continuously seek plans on the disaster risk reduction management that we may use in the future.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nMP_FRjvFG3lSjaQ1YxAsvAFsT9rAPLz

(Link of voice recording of the interview) (note that the language used here is Tagalog Bulacan and not too formal set up)

As a simple history from my own experience that I’ve existed and lived in this community, I would say that our barangay is at peace for a long time. Calamities doesn’t really have a great negative effect on us compared to other places here in the Philippines and in a smaller scope, our province Bulacan. One I must say that greatly destroyed our peace and livelihoods specially of the farmers is the bagyong Ondoy (September 2009). As said by Sir Acuña , bagyong Ondoy resulted to many destruction in the crops, houses, infrastructures, and the nature itself. The succeeding typhoons doesn’t really have such great damage although some places experience low floods because geographically, our barangay is elevated compared to other places. When it comes to earthquakes, we don’t really experience many earthquakes and whenever we experience it, the magnitudes plays around 2.5 meaning it’s not that strong.

Since I’ve mentioned earthquakes, one of the greatest fear Sir Acuña faces is the major threat of the Big One. He stated that even if the earthquake will have a small effect on our barangay, it will have one on the Angat Dam because once the dam is destroyed, our barangay will be washed by the water of it even if we are from elevated areas. 

http://rondabalita.news/bulacan-governor-wants-regular-update-on-angat-dam-repair  (article related to safety of Bulacan from Angat Dam)

When it comes to the problem our community/baragay faces right now, it is the water shortage. This greatly affects the farmers because without enough or even abundant source of water, farming will be hard that’s why our barangay’s farmer faces a big problem especially those whose lands are not near water sources such as ponds. This doesn’t only affect the farmers but also the stores that sells agriculture stuff because they will not have much customers because some or even many farmers didn’t push through farming for this season. This lack of water was due of not only because the authorities in charged with the distribution of water didn’t approve the request of barangay but, also we lack our own source of water which was pointed out by Sir Acuña. Since he mentioned that we lack sources, he already has an alternative plan that is still in the process of polishing and approval of the Department of Agriculture for it will need funds. 

One thing that was pointed out by Sir Acuña in relation to safety is the contingency plan. He points out that for something to be contingent, it came from the process of making it better even best, therefore it is a better outcome from the past or current. He showed us Barangay San Roque Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Plan that was just submitter last December 09 of this year. It showed the site and route matrix, organizational structure, warning mechanism, rules, barangay profile, locations of evacuation centers, and even memorandum of agreements.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vuq5wfLCqhFy7zcRKjzGzSzdHEkQ8aIe

(link for the whole folder which contain pictures related to the whole experience of the said interview and plan)

Apart from this whole plan is the actual disaster itself because no body can tell when and how will it strike that’s why Sir Acuña highly look up to the country of Israel because of the participation of its citizen to the well being of the whole country. He said that even with a solid plan as long as nobody or little citizens are aware of it, it will not work unless it was designed that way and even if with plans, nobody can tell what will and can really happen that’s why he continuously try to persuade and promotes his advocacy to have a curriculum that is related to disaster. He believes that the approach related to awareness of the people should be like how people attends the church, it must become a habit because this is something crucial for this will save our lives in the future.

Although I’ve talked so much about my experience of this interview which helped in making me aware of such work actually happening in our community, I also hope for the readers of this blog to be enlightened and be curious of your own barangay’s disaster risk reduction management because practically speaking, it is something that shouldn’t be sought but rather open to everyone for all of us are vulnerable even if from our own kind or through nature. Additional measure will definitely require more effort but you’d rather be tired than be dead. 

[kyemephotos]

Pedestrian highway // visited SSR for immersion, get a better sense of the impact of aggressive land conversion and urban displacement in Manila

[geelamanila]

Tatay Taloy at JR

Kapitbahay ni Tatay Modesto si Tatay Taloy, napunta ako sa bahay nila dahil tingin ng tingin si JR habang kausap ko si Tatay Modesto. 

Binahagi ni Tatay Taloy, ama ni JR, na may mga residente raw sa San Roque na higit pa sa trenta taon na nakatira sa Sitio. Sabi ni Tatay Taloy, noong 2010 pa raw sila pumila sa NHA para sa pabahay pero kahit na siyam na taon na ang lumipas ay wala pa rin silang record. Gayunpaman, pinagpapatuloy ang kanilang laban. 

Tulad ng nasabi sa mga naunang blog posts, isa ang pamilya nina Tatay Taloy sa mga mawawalan ng tahan kung matutuloy ang demolisyon sa Sitio San Roque. 

Sundan ang Save San Roque sa Twitter.