New Internationalist

HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO

In the slum community in Quezon City, Metro Manila, that 54-year-old domestic worker Reynalda Veloso calls home, there are about 50 families, who, like her, mostly live a hand-to-mouth existence.

During the 2016 presidential elections, Reynalda, popular in the neighbourhood because of her infectious laughter and disarming ways, was outnumbered. Many of her neighbours voted for Rodrigo Duterte, the brash mayor of Davao who promised

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