Philippines: DENR Pays Contractor More than $1 M, Extends Faulty Air Pollution Project

Re-electionist administration solon among those in hot water

Metro Manila’s residents have an air monitoring project that is faulty, non-functional and generally useless for the past four years, but which will be inexplicably paid for and even extended.

BY LISA ITO
Bulatlat

A cabinet secretary and a re-electionist legislator are among those in hot water due to highly questionable transactions related to an air pollution monitoring project worth more than $6 million.

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