Senator Joel Villanueva, (fifth from left), during the Thursday Public Works Committee second public hearing of the joint committee hearing of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and Climate Change presided by Senate Public Works Committee Chair Ramon “Bong” Revilla (third from left). Also in photo are Senators from left, Francis Tolentino, JV Ejercito, Imee Marcos and Nancy Binay. Sen. Villanueva has earlier delivered a privilege speech questioning the flood control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and other government agencies over a decade of repeated failure to help abate flooding in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces following havoc made by the July southwest monsoon and typhoon Carina.
