The Filipino psyche – boon or bane?

The recent flooding of Metro Manila exposed a whole can of worms.

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Reports of billions of pesos lost to corruption in ghost, substandard and incomplete flood control projects continue to dominate the headlines and senate-congressional inquiries uncovering the rot in government procurement. Of course, there has been continuing exposés in which politicians received campaign contributions from contractors.

But let’s try to understand why flooding occurs. Other than climate change, continuing to buildand cement over huge tracts of land in the name of progress, poor urban planning and plain and simple corruption, there’s the issue of poor waste management, which leads to clogging of our drainage systems.

We’re not talking about district engineers here. The people who dispose of their garbage improperly which leads to waste being carried into drains and canals are just as guilty.