San Fernando Pampanga flooded; Aquino bridge in Tarlac collapses; so much devastation

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San Fernando Pampanga was flooded yesterday;  parts of MacArthur highway were submerged, even the intersection of MacArthur and Gapan Olongapo road.

Part of Aquino bridge in Tarlac City collapses.     These floods were not wrath of corruption, they were wrath of God vs corruption?

Substitute for STP (which is expensive)

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This post has observed that in some areas of the town, there is a dearth of stp, severely affecting the water qualifty that are emptying into the Laguna lake.

About two decades ago, this post learned some cheap diy stp solution:

    1.  Water lily absorbs plenty of waste and spoiled matter from the water.  That is why drying water lily plants smell bad

    2.   DIY filtration sedimentation tank filtration:

          1.  A waterfallls for oxygenation of the water;

          2.  A sedimentation tank

          3.  Filter chamber:      rocks, gravel, fine sand, even charcoal

          UV treats waer

   3.  This post used this in a project where the effluent of a neighboring subdivision fell, and we got fish at the end of the channel from the chambers.  

Impeachment proceedings becoming too technical and boring, only lawyers and wannabees would be interested

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Lately the impeachment proceedings have been too technical and difficult to understand for non lawyers and perhaps its viewership  and readership.    Some say prosecution is leading, some say defense lawyers have been smart in their counterpunch.  

Lately the President Justice has issued a gag order on parties from making comments in their forum soc media account outside of the court.

Whatever the outcome will be we go on with our lives and repair the damages from the typhoon, and help rebuild the economy which languished at 2.3% and peso weakening at Php62: USD1 and unemployment that has risen to more than a million workers. 

Mitigating damages, loss of lives by mitigating risks: stricter building code, ECC regulations, subdivision development, having no build zones observed right

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                                          DILG DHSUD tells LGU enforce no build zones

                                                         No build zones

                                              Developers govt agencies must observe science

One wonders how come we have cyclical experience of flood and other calamities.  We did well with earthquake drills, but not so much in flood conrol and prevention.   We all know the science about that

     1.   Weather forecasting -  it is well done

     2.   Rainfall and flood warning -  well done.

  

But our residents continue to live in flood prone areas, (especially the illegal settlers) there is flooding, there is flood victim relief, temporary shelter, they return to their homes that have been flooded.

   May we suggest:

   1  To relocate those who are in dangerous risky areas:  near creeks, river banks, lakes

   2. Enforce strictly no build zones in the CLUP of LGUs

   3. Enjoin developers to improve their drainage and provide for storm water impounding area.

       Why dont we follow the Ortigas and Ayala way of flood management:   deepen and widen the creek

       What we see with the Cainta Marikina and Antipolo developers is that they even block some of the 

       creek or choke them by making them smaller.

Also the science part shall  the regulators shall not allow development along or near areas:

    1. Where there is low land level or equal to sea level   when there is a high tide

    2.  No build zone in areas where there is cofluence of flood water and tide movements.    As in

         Pampanga, Bulacan:    Balagtas, Hagonoy, Masantol, Macabebe.  Yes there are no build zones by'           LLDA

        DILG Cuy - Enact ordinances as no build zones....

This post remembers the warning of late  Dr.  Raymundo Punongbayan (the Americans left Clark and Subic days ahead of June 12 and 15 eruption because they listened to Punongbayan.  I do)

      1.  Do not build in high altitude area, what is up must come down     (Look at Baguio, Mt Province

           Leyte landslides

      2.  The coastal areas will continue to sink due to global warming:   melting of iceberbs and glaciers.

            How prophetic.

This the company we had avoided building along lakeside, along huge rivers.    Lately flood risk area, with only 2 meters elevation vs the sea  had to be refused and shelved because it will be just like Hagonoy.  

N.B  Recently a local govt agency granted a permit to  set up a 500 KVA high power lines near residential units.   Has the science on EMF low frequency on health been established:   safe or unsafe?

Possible plunder case vs Cayetano? After Marcoleta

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https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/07/24/lacson-sees-possible-plunder-raps-vs-cayetano-over-taguig-ghost-projects/

It is very possible that plunder cases will be filed vs Sen. Cayetano.   Little by little the opposition to the majority are being silenced and the obstacles the votes to defeat impeach Sara Duterte are falling by the wayside.   Shall we expect more?