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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

PHILIPPINES | Thursday, 10 January 2013 | Views [578] | View Larger Image

Target areas to build squats are usually slums like riversides and along the railways in Metro Manila. Creeks around the metro are being used as dump site resulting to heavy floodings in the urban areas during rainy season.

Tags: railroad creek, scavenger picking up garbage, creek dump site

Broken rail connector hardly maintained by the government. Began in 1892, the railroad company used to operate a 479-kilometer route from Northern Philippines to the south. One of the major causes of the problem not to mention the government's neglect in past decades is the persistent problems with informal settlers.

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This is Boboy. He became vagrant when his mother got hit by a speeding train while maintaining her vegetable garden about a year ago. These illegal inhabitants utilize vacant lots off the railroad to grow vegetables to sell their crops to local markets.

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