THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday denied plans to round off homeless families in Metro Manila to hide them from thousands of delegates who will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting to be held in Manila in November.

But the DSWD admitted that more than 4,000 homeless families will be attending a series of “Talakayang Pambarangay” and they will be renting houses during the event.

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