one can walk a few meters on a sunny day in a lower middle-class neighborhood in manila, away from tony gated communities, and one can see why the metropolis is easy prey to flooding. most of the iron grill covers of manholes for sewerage are gone, stolen. what are in their place? non-biodegradable trash, mostly those ubiquitous plastic bags.
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