THE promised continuation of last week's 'Donald Trump and the Philippines 2.0' will be pushed to next week because I have really wanted to write this piece for quite some time and now seems to be the perfect time for it. I have written about this topic in my social media account in bits and pieces, and finally I realized they must be put together in one Manila Times column.

I have really been quite exasperated with how the Marcos government — and the governments before it — have approached the problem of seasonal typhoons in the country. On average, eight or nine tropical storms make landfall in the Philippines annually, with another 10 entering the Philippine area of responsibility. In short, typhoons — and even super typhoons — are not new to the country.