CLOGGED waterways and drainage systems are to blame for flooding in the National Capital Region, not the reclamation projects in Manila Bay, an environmental professional said over the weekend.

"Reclamation has nothing to do with the flooding in Metro Manila. [The flooding] problem in the metropolis has been there long before the start of reclamation projects," said environmental impact assessment expert Ed Alabastro.

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