GUTEZA’S COURAGE AND ITS RIPPLE EFFECT

When retired Marine officer Orly Regala Guteza chose to appear before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and “tell all” about the flood control scandal, he stepped into one of the most dangerous positions a whistleblower can take: speaking without the safety net of the Witness Protection Program.

WHY MOMS JOKE ABOUT SONS BECOMING ENGINEER-CONTRACTORS

Some mothers now joke: ‘Mag-engineer ka, anak—then become a contractor.’ It’s not really praise but frustration, because in the Philippines, engineering skill takes a backseat to the more lucrative business of grabbing billion-peso flood control contracts—and showing off wealth while the streets remain flooded.

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