Aug 282013
THE RECENT floods in Luzon due to the incessant monsoon rains serve as a reminder that these calamities are inevitable in tropical countries such as ours. Because of climate change, the havoc they cause has intensified in magnitude over the last decade. While the government undertakes to implement a comprehensive anti-flooding program to address this bedevilling situation, realistically, full project completion may take several years without any guarantee of success.