Many thoughts have been expressed as to why the rains singled out the Philippines for flooding almost the whole of Luzon, including MetroManila. Some have turned Biblical, saying that it was an act of God to warn us of the way we are dealing with Mother Nature. Those from or for the government are blaming the people in general for their failure to be "disciplined" in throwing their garbage. Still others think that the time has come for us to take stock of our natural resources and start planting trees in order to make the mountains hold rain water more strongly.
But a new development has come: a CLASS SUIT being planned against the dam private caretakers. The basis is that the dams should not have been allowed to spill water before having alarmed the people, and that they should have spilt the water earlier in order to create more space for rainwater. In other words, some kind of hanky panky has been committed which would nullify all those thoughts above. The culprit are the dam caretakers, not God, not the people, not even the loggers; well yes, maybe including the latter. But then the finger should first point at the dam caretakers.
Why is it necessary to get to the root of this tragedy, which has killed 300 people plus plus and destroyed billions of properties, including ricefields which could have fed millions of people? Because POOR GOVERNANCE IS POOR GOVERNANCE AND DOES NOT DESERVE ONE MINUTE MORE TO BE SITTING ON THOSE POSTS THAT ARE BEING PAID OUT OF THE PEOPLE'S POCKETS.
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