Amid pork row, capital under water anew
PAGASA said ‘Isang’ was packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 90 kph.
Where is the outrage? This is the Philippines in the eyes of many, struggling through floods, if not traffic. In the capital city, motor vehicles and stranded passengers wade through flooded streets after some rains on Friday, 22 August. With characteristic humor, Filipinos manage to laugh at discomforts as shown in these photos, even as revelations continue to be made on anomalous flood control projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways, its contractors, with alleged imprimatur from some local and national leaders.
Photographs by Toto Lozano and John Carlo Magallon for DAILY TRIBUNE
Where is the outrage? This is the Philippines in the eyes of many, struggling through floods, if not traffic. In the capital city, motor vehicles and stranded passengers wade through flooded streets after some rains on Friday, 22 August. With characteristic humor, Filipinos manage to laugh at discomforts as shown in these photos, even as revelations continue to be made on anomalous flood control projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways, its contractors, with alleged imprimatur from some local and national leaders.
Photographs by Toto Lozano and John Carlo Magallon for DAILY TRIBUNE
As if it was a divine reminder, Metro Manila was submerged in floods yesterday, with the backdrop of the worsening scandal on hundreds of billions of pesos worth of wasted flood control projects manipulated for pork barrel funds.
Areas that were inundated were Dr. A. Santos Avenue corner Canaynay Avenue in Parañaque City; the EDSA Shaw Tunnel northbound in Mandaluyong City; and Andrews Avenue–Tramo westbound in Pasay City.
Where is the outrage? This is the Philippines in the eyes of many, struggling through floods, if not traffic. In the capital city, motor vehicles and stranded passengers wade through flooded streets after some rains on Friday, 22 August. With characteristic humor, Filipinos manage to laugh at discomforts as shown in these photos, even as revelations continue to be made on anomalous flood control projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways, its contractors, with alleged imprimatur from some local and national leaders.
