Some revealing stats about Manila flooding and the squatter problem

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57% of stagnant Metro Manila esteros (stormwater cannals) cannot be declogged because they are too narrow or are encroached upon by squatters.

61,000 or 2.35% of National Capital Region (NCR) households are illegally built on waterways.

[Source: GMANews.tv]

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