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Though tens of billions of pesos spent on flood control projects in recent years in the Philippines, questions have been raised about the value of that investment as flooding from Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and 127 missing, with more than 2.14 million people affected nationwide.

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00:01Though tens of billions of pesos spent on flood control projects in recent years in the Philippines,
00:06questions have been raised about the value of that investment as flooding from Typhoon Kalmayegi
00:12left at least 114 people dead and 127 missing, with more than 2.14 million people affected
00:20nationwide. In Talisay City, Cebu Province, homes have been reduced to rubble, mud has clogged up
00:27streets and families are left picking through the wreckage of homes that have been swept
00:31away by floodwaters. Many residents in flood affected areas have been left wondering whether
00:47money earmarked by the government for flood control projects has been spent wisely. Vince
00:53Dizon, Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways, visited Talisay City on
00:59Wednesday, where he said people should be held accountable for the poor state of the region's
01:04flood defenses.
01:05Poorly planned, poorly executed, and we don't know kung may kalakuan din dito, so that will
01:10be up to the ICI investigators to find out. Pero definitely, kayaanan may mga mananagot
01:15more than 6,700 houses were damaged in the Typhoon, and hospitals, schools, and other public facilities
01:24suffered extensive damage. Power and communications were disrupted in many towns, closing schools
01:30and businesses. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in response to the disaster.
01:45health insurance will be expanded to the coldest in the sky. He is frickin school and high-pitched
01:50care appetite. He is. And it was a one-to-mediate training plan. So, at the top of the
01:53conditions are...
01:54These are the right conditions. Absolutely.
01:55And I can be able to rest the Education Association to be able to rest the time.
01:58I think this Patricia was the only one of the states' winds of course in the
02:00day.
02:02And I cannot wait to spend a lot of time walking around and taking a place to the
02:04night.
02:05One of the reasons I honestly cannot wait to see people on the ground that he has been
02:06for the city.
02:07And he's been experiencing so muchbeléd over there.
02:09And there's a lot of a good news that we have to...
02:10You can learn a lot of little bit of time on the standpoint of God.
02:11What he has said?
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