Tinio accuses Marcos admin of hiding urban poor ahead of Asean Summit
MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Monday accused the Marcos administration of concealing poverty in Metro Manila by displacing street vendors, small businesses and homeless people ahead of the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit. Tinio, also a House deputy minority leader, likened the government’s clearing operations along major summit routes to the beautification campaign of President Marcos’ mother, former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was accused of hiding Manila’s slum communities during major international events. “Five decades after Imelda Marcos whitewashed Manila’s slums for the Miss Universe pageant, the IMF-World Bank meeting, and the […]...Keep on reading: Tinio accuses Marcos admin of hiding urban poor ahead of Asean Summit
MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Monday accused the Marcos administration of concealing poverty in Metro Manila by displacing street vendors, small businesses and homeless people ahead of the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit. Tinio, also a House deputy minority leader, likened the government’s clearing operations along major summit routes to the beautification campaign of President Marcos’ mother, former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was accused of hiding Manila’s slum communities during major international events. “Five decades after Imelda Marcos whitewashed Manila’s slums for the Miss Universe pageant, the IMF-World Bank meeting, and the […]...
Keep on reading: Tinio accuses Marcos admin of hiding urban poor ahead of Asean Summit
Keep on reading: Tinio accuses Marcos admin of hiding urban poor ahead of Asean Summit
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