Pasig-Marikina river project rolls out new tech to boost flood control

MANILA, Philippines — Amid the still unresolved scandal over the government’s flood control projects, a project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)—the agency in the center of that controversy—is introducing new technology to bolster the flood defense of Metro Manila. The department’s Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP), which had been ongoing