FRENCH LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES

Personnellement je ne serai pas aussi optimiste que les officiels du gouvernement. Reloger plus d’un million de personnes, cela demande à la fois de la place et des fonds. De plus les conditions de relogement sont assez draconiennes, je ne vois pas de solution à court ou même moyen terme. De plus des pauvres, toujours attirés par le mirage de la grande ville, continuent à affluer sur la capitale … Metro Manila Squatters The squatters’ colonies blocking major waterways in Metro Manila will soon be but a bad memory. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said on Tuesday the national government was planning to relocate some 100,000 informal settlers living near danger zones in Metro Manila. He said shanties and other illegal structures built along creeks, canals and other waterways would be dismantled to allow the construction of flood-mitigating systems. Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson said as much on Monday, saying government would “blast” the houses of informal s...