Manila Protests Over Environment Follow a Rich Tradition

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2025-10-23

Summary:

The Philippines made international news last month when several tens of thousands of protestors took over the streets of Manila to express their outrage over the government’s embezzlement of over a trillion Philippine pesos (approximately $17.6 billion USD) designated for flood control projects.  Losing this amount of climate-designated funds to corruption would be problematic anywhere …

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Authors:

Tiffany Deguzman

Date tagged:

10/23/2025, 11:30

Date published:

10/23/2025, 10:55