Almost a year after Typhoon Tino left at least 269 dead, Cebuanos still brace themselves for disaster whenever heavy rain falls. And just this month, a landslide in Barangay Pulangbato, Cebu City killed three people. Floods have become more frequent, even without a typhoon.
In this episode of Teka Teka, journalist Maverick Avila talks to three women from one family fighting on different fronts. Atty. Golly Estenzo Ramos, the environmental lawyer who helped stop offshore drilling in Tañon Strait, explains what the law already guarantees and how communities can use it. Dr. Emma Estenzo Porio, professor emeritus and lead author of the IPCC’s upcoming special report on climate change and cities, explains how Cebu became this vulnerable. Niña Estenzo, executive director of Impact Blue Dot, shares what flood survivors tell her.
We trace the pattern from the stripped uplands to the rivers below, and ask who pays when the safeguards fail.
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