The recent deluge delivers a chilling warning about the climate crisis. Worse, 9 years after Ondoy, the capital region’s perennial vulnerability to extreme rainfall remains.
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Quarrying Threatens Floridablanca CADT; Aetas Stand Their Ground Vs Quarry Operations
By LYN V. RAMO Indigenous Peoples Watch Bulatlat.com QUEZON CITY – A score of Aeta families are holding their ground amid threats of an imminent demolition by virtue of a request from a prospective quarry site operator in a resettlement site in Floridablanca, Pampanga. The said site is in the Aeta territory in Floridablanca town,…
Why Rizal Province Suffered Greatly from Ondoy
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com SAN MATEO, Rizal — Marivic Cristobal has been living in Barangay Sta. Ana, San Mateo, Rizal province for almost 20 years now. She is used to a home where floodwater would easily rise from the slightest rainfall. Cristobal learned how to keep important things and documents safe from the…