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Philippine dam meets indigenous resistance

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Janelle Dumalaon
January 6, 2020

Amid insufficient rainfall, millions of residents in the Philippine capital Manila are facing a water shortage. Under pressure to secure more water, the Philippine government cleared a new, China-funded dam project in the nation’s north,meant to deliver an additional 600 million liters of water a day.