two tropical low pressure areas nearby have sucked the monsoon rains to cover the Philippines, and Manila (whose sewer/drainage system is suboptimal) is flooding a bit.
so Manila has to shut schools and government businesses.
For us this is good, since maybe the rice paddies will be flooded enough to plant the rice (the irrigation has stopped due to the gov't deciding to clean up the canal).
the news also is mentioning that the POGOs, casinos, might be shut down because they are enabling drugs and crime. (read Chinese mob related crime). When PNoy allowed these, it was done with the idea that it would attract money and jobs but the Catholic bishops pointed out that it would attract crime etc. and according to the Inquirer article all these problems got worse under Duterte. Well, duh.
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