IT'S been two weeks since Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon flooded Metro Manila and several adjacent provinces, and after Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan admitted there was no "master plan" for flood control that was obviously needed to deal with this perennial problem. After all, it has really been one of the biggest roadblocks in our economic development.

Sen. Grace Poe has disclosed that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) got P90 billion in 2020; P101 billion in 2021; P128 billion in 2022; P182 billion in 2023; and P244 billion this year for its flood management projects. Yet in 2021, the department disbursed only 68 percent, 73 percent in 2022 and 58 percent in 2023.

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