Thousands of people are now sheltering in evacuation camps after a massive fire destroyed about a thousand shanty homes in Manila.
The government has promised to help people rebuild their houses.
But they’ve often lost homes several times as the city’s slums are notoriously vulnerable to fires.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from Manila, the Philippines.
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☪ He said, ‘Whenever you pass by the grave of a kafir, give him the tidings of Helfire.🔥’ The Bedouin later became a Muslim << Al-Mujam Al-Kabir 326 >>
are u out of 💊
@Vicky-j6t9s ☪ It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said:
“It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you perform Wudu’ from the well into which the bodies of dogs, menstrual rags and garbage are thrown?’ He said: ‘Water is pure and it is not made impure by anything.'” << Sunan an-Nasa'i 326 >>
☪Diriwayatkan oleh Abu Hurairah:
Rasul Allah menghantar kami dalam ekspedisi tentera memberitahu kami, “Jika kamu menjumpai orang ini dan ini (dia menamakan dua lelaki Quraisy), bakarlah mereka dengan api.🔥” << Sahih al-Bukhari 2954 >>🌙
Manila is the densest city in the world.
Most dense*. ‘ densiest’ is not a word.
@@StickyKeys187 However, ‘densest’ is a word.
Haha napahiya ka tuloy
@@penguinclee89 he changed it
I been to Manila. Half the people literally live on the banks of huge open sewers
Congrats 👏👏
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So sorry for my fellow manila people who dont have house now bcoz of fire 😢😢😢😢😢 christmas is coming but it was gone in that people who lost house 😢😢😢😢
The Philippines government is too busy in the South China Sea making billionaires from the natural resources and has no time and money to waste on poor people.
“Making billions” What???
It’s heartbreaking for these poorest of the poor lovely people. I pray that they all get the help they need quickly . They don’t ask for a lot ,and they would share their last meal with you . God bless you all . From the UK
these poor people doesn’t want to move in other places the reason illegal activities tondo is the most dangerous urban area in the Philippines all crimes is in there I think somebody took arson the reason they plan to relocate them but people there resist many times because of this it might be different now in any modern development poor always suffer a lot you know what I mean….
Developers are burning them down to relocate so they can buld high rise condos, Philippines the most corrupt country in the world, government will not help them, more fun in the Philippines.
Move to U.S, Australia, Canada, UK,
@@iwantanewhead2976 Idiot
No USA we have 4 million Filipinos, 300 thousand Illegal Filipinos who overstayed their visas, trump will start deporting them come january 20, 2024, thank you Trump.
Not as easy your words, migrate needs huge money savings, skills, language capability, compliant documents, etc.
Have less children 🫤🫤🫤🫤🫤
aaaaaaaaaaaaa look at that the yank experiment failed …. they kicked out the Japanese in 1945 and told you Pinays and pinoys basically : YOU ARE OURS now and take a look no no no no no take a look ! This happens filipino’s if you do NOT stand tall !!!! THIS IS what happens now take a VERY good look at the Vietnamese and I dooooooooooooooooooon’t think I need to explain to you what happened THERE between 1964 and 1975 or in Cambodia or Laos or Korea for that matter only 14 years BEFORE THAT !!! Now I tried to explain this to you many times over : the yanks HAVE NO FRIENDS they only HAVE ENEMIES and the way they control them is welll take a look !!!! TAKE A LOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is how they do it …. and in case you did not NOTICED : we Dutch send you MORE MONEY every year in form of loans and anything else then the yanks ok !!!!! LET THAT BE CLEAR oh and we only got 17.5 million people and the yanks got 330 MILLION so there ya go !!!!! Soooooo i will tell you this again : the YANKS ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND and never been by the way NEVER BEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now you are here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But that is ok because Markos junior just like his father is NOW FILLING HIS POCKETS WITH MY FFFF ING TAX MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT !!! JUST GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good job filipino’s !!!! Take a look at Vietnam !!!! Still poor sure but they STOOD STRONG when they had to and take a look at you !!!! You are sooooooooooo far inside the yanks a88es it is not EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE !!!! The yanks OWN YOU NOW !!!!!!! Yeah I warned ya about this for soooooooooooo long but you NEVER LISTEN and that is your problem !!!!!!
COMMENTING DOES NOT DO ANYTHING 😢😢😢ACTION NEEDED
Only takes a Google search to find a charity helping..
Then don’t comment and do something.
Politics
First of all they shouldn’t be there. Go back to their respective provinces is the best thing to do.
Kaloka ang buhay
THAT IS WHY STOP COMPARING YOUR COUNTRY WITH OTHERS.
WHILE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT AS BAD AS THE PHILIPPINES.
Use condoms
@@TAE_PINOY
Please use your shift key. Typing in all capital letters is the text version of shouting. 😕
Omg🥺Massive Poor 🥺 How do the gov’t feed and housing them ⁉️
How is that a government problem?
they are not hungry. their houses have aircon tv even internet..they have bars and gambling dens..best of all free electricity and water from illegal connections..
Why do people think that the government is supposed to help? Look at history for five minutes and you’d realize how ridiculous your statement is.
dadami nanaman po magnanakaw sa R10.
government is not able to do it’s control function. after disaster they giv some money in exchange for votes. corrupt
Sinunog yan. Check nyo after a while, gagawing kalsada or commercial space yan lol
Any idea why this is happening?
Because they wouldn’t stop eating pag pag
They live on a pile of garbage. Never cleaning the area up. No joke most of Manila is sitting on a tinder box.
yes, developer wants the land, DUH
@@harry76n pekpek
Sad Jesus help them
Delusional comment where was he when the fire started
@@dannibarber5793 not delusional at all, the devil comes to kill, steal and destroy..God comes to redeem
what’s up with this? these happens like once a week or once in 2 week in Manila. People acting like this is something big. Why is this one getting so much attention. Btw that place where the fire started is notorious for being a hiding place for notorious killers. Even the police are afraid of going there.
Must adopt family planning and contraception to lower population.
Its already been on act since three administrations ago and it has successfully curbed the population growth. We would only feel it after one generation tho, or in 30-50 years.
Most population is from $2 boom booms
And eventually they can be a first world country with lower happiness, high suicide, and a loneliness epidemic
that is a national health crisis with both genders seeing each other as adversaries, YAY!
Government probably: We need mr beast
OVERPOPULATION is a nightmare issue and living in illegal dense settlement
They need family planning! Too many people
You can thank the Catholic church and poverty for that.
Too many people from $2 boom booms
Are you human
Yung mas Advertised pa ang duterte vs marcos. Unlike to this one Salute to aljazeera for making real stories
Ghetto of cardboard boxes as houses what do you expect
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Don’t have kids when youre living in the slums. Kids don’t deserve to live in the slums.
Where’s their President? He took off with his wife and their useless lackeys to party in Dubai and get funding for their family’s business ventures. Meanwhile, thousands of Filipinos lost their cardboard houses to this slum fire just before Christmas! What a tragedy! They should learn their lesson and stop voting for corrupt and greedy political dynasties!
@CookingandGardening101 Filipinos have voted for the Marcos family. What do you expect? These people believe they deserve such bad treatments
2:01 so sad only less than 1 % have ac
Quite often the squatter areas are torched purposely .. arson steps into play for Corporate development.
Its well known in Philippines, Indonesia etc. Ive spoken to many locals that gave me their testimonies of such cases. Im not saying this story was the case, nor the majority of the fires…yet it is a common practice either way
Where is the country’s president
😂 people like you make me laugh. Still thinking the government is here to help us. Wake up.
taking more money from people
@@pumpkinspicekaren3744 Mary is making a point. You do not get it. People like you make me laugh.
Please save us from
Bongbong marcos
God strengthen you all and God bless you all. Come draw nearer to Jesus.
It must’ve been busy to put out that fire. 🤣
Considering how they live how can they tell their homeless😂
im gona cry
Governments should provide condo/flats housing to those slums near the water and bring it back to its natural state.
Sorry, the devopers want that land for their condo development. Easy way to steal it from the poor. Happens all the time in Phils
@@georgeallen7667 i know that why I said they should provide them housing
Unfortunately the country is being led by the most useless human rights violator president. The Philippines is lawless and the most corrupt right now and zero rule of law. Al jazeera should investigate on his known drug use as theres videos and witnesses to support it
I love the Philippines… I spend a lot of time there… My wife is Pinay… This is not what the PH needs… So much good can be done for all Filipinos by 2 prominent families… Instead we have a political drama that is almost Netflix worthy…
@@PhillipPassProject True. It stresses me just watching the political drama unfold here, and I’m afraid that it’s only about to get worse…..a lot worse.
Someone will be buying that property and they won’t be able to stay there. It’s going to become a development for condos
tragedy? most are squatters on someone elses’s land, developer wants their land back so they can build, most people arent working and smooching, btw, most people need to stop having KIDS! its a reality that most wont talk about! stop giving handouts!
This is very sad and these people need our prayers!
Crazy how some places have entire communities living like this, where elsewhere a single person can own huge plots of land and barely even use it.
@@WJen8 I’m not trying to be sarcastic, but their biggest is that birth control isn’t widely available or government supported. It only comes free from a few charities.
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I don’t think this is about the government but how the very people think, believe and what they behave.
Prayers for Everyone.❤🙏
Prayers go out to beautiful Philopeno people🙏
Where,s the Roman catholic church? They are richer than the government
Passport bros incoming
Chinese Investors are Involved in cahoots with local government officals now they’ll build high rise apartments.
how much does philippines spend on military per year?
They themselves r responsible for this all mess
useless government
🙏for the Philippine people from Canada
send them condoms
when a country doesn’t value its citizens enough this will keep happening. basic safety measures against fire in 21th century isn’t that hard to implement
Best wishes
Majority of Fillipinos are Catholic. They should be fine right? Catholic church in Italy will rebuild their homes right?
Haaahaaa haaahaa! Zero sympathy for those beggars , they voted for Marcos that’s steal billions from Philipines and he does not care for the poor , you vote for the devil again , you have only yourself to blame , so SOAK it up and be happy you have the floor to sleep on. Like Marcos said , beggers cant be choosers .
This is sad.