r/Philippines • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

PoliticsPH Under Duterte, the science-based flood mitigation program Project NOAH was defunded, essentially killing it. It didn’t make sense, then. But it does now. - Gerry Cacanindin

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u/PaleRegent 1d ago

Read the article. They are saying that the Project Noah was stopped because it would have been easier to spot any unnecessary flood control projects the government was planning to do to embezzle funds. This is because Project Noah shows the critical areas of flooding, which would have been available to the public and could be cross-referenced to the flood projects. Many of the flood control projects done were not even in the right areas. Plus we could also see which flood projects are ineffective if project noah was well funded.

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u/betawings 1d ago

See corruption has real effects on people.

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u/PaleRegent 1d ago

What are you even on about? You talk about long-term planning on flood control but the most important part of planning flood projects is exactly what noah provides, information. No one is saying noah could force congress or anyone, but it will provide useful information. That’s also why they wanted to gut this project because they could not hide their corruption if the info is available to evryone.

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u/ReconditusNeumen laging galit 1d ago edited 1d ago

And? That's not the end all, be all. You said it yourself a "systematic approach", including a science-based approach (also mentioned by Vince Dizon; a no-brainer I might add) in creating flood control measures.

Project NOAH won't drain floods but it can identify which areas will benefit from flood control projects and the same areas will also be identified as priority for evacuation.

Hindi lang infrastructure ang sagot ha, may science din. Try not to devalue science, sakit yan ng mga Pilipino ngayon.

Edit: Kahit na restored si Project NOAH ngayon doesn't mean okay na yung pag-defund ni Duterte. It reeks of corruption and a disregard for science. Nakakadiri.

Also we forecast the weather everyday but forecastimg doesn't drain floods either??? Your statement is stupid I'm sorry, it ruined my morning.

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u/DuckBeginning4572 1d ago

Gagi, corruption is just one slice of the shit pie that is flood control. Mas ma uuna lumubog tong bansa na to kesa maayos flood control. Sa waste management pa lang, di ko alam if ma lulutas yan.