Many people forgot the event, and even elected the relative to most powerful position; now many regret this action

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The masses, as many politicians observed, have such a short memory.  So many forgot who was ousted at the 1986 people power.   And even reelected him.  His promises were forgotten and they seemed to be back to old system and even more.

    1.  Their estate tax was not paid;

    2.  Many of their cases were dropped.

    3.  Billions

    4.  The questionable 2025 GAA has been disbursed 60%

Do we regret that we elected him?  He lost the VP race then vs Robredo, and would not have won with a little  (or big help) from their former friends from Davao.   

And now the govt seem to be in shambles -  more corruption, being  a substance dependent?   What is happening?        

A photo study of the Manggahan Floodway

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Rizal Philippines   | October 4, 2014

From Wikipedia on Floodway

The floodgates

It has been a week since I got the pictures for this, but I am always postponing making the post because I believe this is a rather challenging and difficult study.  However we must confront this issue  This is politically unpalatable.  DEaling with vote rich settlement is a no no, But not doing so, not confronting reality gets the problem buried. In the meantime, we suffer the consequences:   frequent flooding, loss of property, loss of lives. etc

Background:

Manggahan floodway was built in 1986 at a cost of Php 1.1 billion.  Marikina river flood water is  diverted to the Manggahan spillway, instead of going to Pasig River, and MM, and to prevent flooding in Malacanang.   The water goes to Laguna Lake where it is impounded and released later to Manila bay via Napindan channel and Pasig River.  Because of complication brought by low and high tide and currents, and the 12 km distance to Manila bay, the effective hours of draining the LLake is effectively only 6 hours a day.  Thus, draining the floodwaters from Laguna lake takes 3 to 6 months.