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Resilience has limits: ICSC's Kairos dela Cruz on flood control corruption in the Philippines

Resilience has limits: ICSC's Kairos dela Cruz on flood control corruption in the Philippines

Update: 2025-10-03
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The public backlash has been intense for the ongoing probe on the flood control scandal facing the Philippines. On this podcast, Angelo Kairos dela Cruz, executive director of nonprofit Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), talks about how so-called Filipino resilience has been "trivialised" and often been used as an "excuse" for developers to dodge accountability for substandard projects.
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Resilience has limits: ICSC's Kairos dela Cruz on flood control corruption in the Philippines

Resilience has limits: ICSC's Kairos dela Cruz on flood control corruption in the Philippines

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