PANDAN, Antique — On rainy nights, some families living in a government resettlement site for typhoon survivors in this coastal town mechanically move their belongings away from leaks in the ceiling and arrange pails to catch the drips. They have learned to live with bad weather even if their nervous laughter barely muffles the wind...
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In Bicol, political clans aiding victims backed projects blamed for flooding
Bicol, home to the majestic Mount Mayon, is among the country’s most disaster-prone regions. It is regularly battered by storms and other calamities that test the resilience of its people year after year. Rogelio Barajas, a resident of Legazpi City in Albay for over five decades, will never forget how Typhoon “Reming” (international name: Durian)...