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Aug 31, 2025 9 tweets 4 min read
🚨THREAD: 5 reveals from the Philippines’ flood-control data

Between July 2022 and May 2025, the gov’t spent P545B on 9,855 flood-control projects. Here are 5 key takeaways.

📖 Full report: pcij.org/2025/08/31/5-r…Image 1️⃣ Flood-control funds fuel extravagant lifestyles. Image
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Nov 3, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
ICYMI: President @bongbongmarcos on Monday blamed the devastation caused by #PaengPH on deforestation.

But did you know: Under his father and namesake Marcos Sr.’s martial law rule, relatives and cronies were rewarded with Timber License Agreements? 🧵 Timber licensees soared during the Marcos years, from 58 in 1969 to 471 in 1976. The Philippines recorded one of the worst deforestation rates in Asia-Pacific during those years, losing 316,000 hectares of forest annually on average.

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Nov 3, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Filipino workers in a US military base in Diego Garcia, an island south of Maldives in the Indian Ocean, are bearing the brunt of a minimum wage dispute between the Philippine government and their employer.

pcij.org/article/9425/d… Workers said they feared losing their jobs if they head home before the wage dispute is resolved.

The @DMWPHL also accused Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. (KBR), one of the largest US defense contractors, of “emotional blackmail.”