Philippine Agenda: Housing

Episode on November 10, 2007 Saturday, 11:30 p.m. This Saturday, Sine Totoo brings back a memorable episode of Philippine Agenda, the groundbreaking series very recently awarded Best Adult Educational Program at the 2007 Catholic Mass Media Awards. In Philippine Agenda: Housing, veteran news anchor Mel Tiangco highlights the issues surrounding housing in the Philippines. The special discusses the phenomena of urban migration and its impact on housing through the story of Marian. A victim of super typhoon Reming, Marian lost the house she saved up for years to build in Bicol. She believed she would meet better luck in Manila. But instead of finding work and a decent place to live, she and her children had to squeeze into a squatter shack in Payatas, already housing four other families. Marian’s family is just one of thousands who migrate to the big cities every year. However, most of them do not earn enough to afford a decent home, and end up settling under bridges, along railways, sidewalks, or even in the center isles of big roads. Sine Totoo host Howie Severino leads an animated discussion on the issue of being homeless with Philippine Agenda host Mel Tiangco and her segment producer Madel Zaide. Among the various housing programs implemented by the government, Tiangco stresses we still lack a program for the poorest of the poor, those who cannot afford even low-cost housing units. A roof over one’s head… a decent home. Is there hope that over four million homeless Filipinos will achieve this simple dream? Find out this Saturday late night when Sine Totoo presents Philippine Agenda: Housing.

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Bubong na masisilungan… disenteng tahanan. Para sa mahigit apat na milyong Pilipino, nananatili itong mailap na pangarap. Ngayong Sabado sa Sine Totoo, tampok ang isang episode ng ‘di malilimutang serye ng GMA News and Public Affairs – ang Philippine Agenda – na katatanggap pa lamang ng parangal bilang Best Adult Educational Program sa 2007 Catholic Mass Media AWards. Sa “Pabahay", tinalakay ng beteranong mamamahayag na si Mel Tiangco ang lumalaking problema ng bansa sa pabahay. Ikukuwento rito ang karanasan ni Marian – na nawalan ng tirahan sa Bicol nang dumating ang bagyong “Reming". Nagdesisyon si Marian na pumunta ng Maynila kasama ng kanyang pamilya pero imbes na makaranas ng kaginhawaan … napilitan silang makipagsiksikan sa isang maliit na barung-barong sa Payatas – kasama ng apat pang pamilya. Isa lamang ang pamilya ni Marian sa libu-libong umaalis sa probinsiya bawat taon upang manirahan sa mga syudad. Pero madalas, nagtitiis ang mga tulad nila sa ilalim ng mga tulay, tabi ng riles, gilid o minsan pa’y sa mga center isle ng mga lansangan. Nakapanayam ni Howie Severino ng Sine Totoo ang host ng Philippine Agenda “Pabahay" na si Mel Tiangco at isa sa mga segment producer nito na si Madel Zaide. Ayon kay Tiangco, sa kabila ng iba’t ibang programa ng gobyerno sa pabahay, wala pa ring nakahanda para sa pinakamahihirap nating mga kababayan. Paano nga ba matutulungan ang mga kababayan nating walang matirahan? Panoorin ang “Pabahay" ng Philippine Agenda ngayong Sabado ng gabi sa Sine Totoo.