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Article: They are back!(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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As predicted, many of the urban “informal settlers” victimized by their own hazardous behavior squatting in dangerous places, & encouraged by the misfeasance of Local Officials plus “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” are, you guessed it, “balikbayans” (returning residents) to the same scene of the calamity and their mortality.One big city executive, in an interview, said “We cannot really stop them from going back (Tulyahan & Tumana Creeks). Anyway they are small creeks. We should really just focus on the very risky, risky areas”. A Barangay Chairman, days before his own boss’ interview, made more sense, ...