Landslides up north and Pangasinan is under water. Pepeng and Ondoy really did us over. Many breathed a sigh of relief when Pepeng decided to spare Manila, which is still recovering from Ondoy's floods, but the damage up north may be even more severe.
Officials operating the San Roque Dam are in hot water for indiscriminately releasing waters without warning. NDCC chief and presidential aspirant Gilberto Teodoro demanded an explanation, but I think the buck stops with him. Government has not shown at all that they are on top of disaster response and relief efforts.
In Manila, MMDA chair Bayani Fernando declined to discuss technical aspects of their flood control system which reports say were operational but obsolete and left to deteriorate. A few months ago, Fernando had announced that Manila's flood problem was solved.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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