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Swept Aside, where Are the Philippines’ Street Vendors to Go?

Swept Aside, where Are the Philippines’ Street Vendors to Go?

The Philippines is clearing the streets of vendors, but what happens to them? By banning vendors from public and major roads, Manila began to look a little like a changed city, expansive with less of its customary commotion. Previously packed streets, shopping districts and market areas were made near spotless. Peddlers, drivers of the everyday informal economy, had been erased.

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Published at 2019-10-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Communities, People, Politics

Tags: Manila, Market, Philippines, Urban, economy, government, living

Aswang Urban Legends: Maria Labo and Teniente Gimo

Aswang Urban Legends: Maria Labo and Teniente Gimo

It was the early 90’s and it would still be a few more years before social media was introduced. The internet was exclusive to a handful of people but there were growing numbers of mobile phone users. Entertainment for “common people” is mostly divided into two categories: the repertoire of Soap Operas on their television and, of course, the endless hours of chatting with their kumares and kumpares during their afternoon siestas.

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Published at 2018-01-28 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Urban, demons, legends