Philippine Flooding Centre Stage At Marcos State Of Nation Speech

Fuente: International Business Times

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos leaned heavily into domestic issues at his third state of the nation address AFP Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos blasted "useless and crumbling" flood control projects in a state of the nation address Monday that focused on domestic issues after a months-long feud with his vice president. Addressing a joint session of Congress after days of rain that left at least 31 dead, Marcos repeated his recent warning that the nation faced a climate change-driven "new normal", while pledging to investigate publicly funded projects that had failed. "Let's not pretend, the people know that these projects can breed corruption.