Informal residents of Brgy 128 Upper Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila stage a protest rally the Manila City Hall to urge Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso to call off the demolition on the shanties in their area to make way for construction of a waste-to-energy facility as part of a Metro Manila flooding control project funded by the World Bank and the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank. The group charged that the ongoing eviction violates the Urban Development and Housing Act (Republic Act 7279), which mandates local governments to provide relocation, observe due process, and ensure humane treatment during evictions.
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