Bulacan town builds earth dikes to contain tidal flooding

HAGONOY, Bulacan – The coastal Bulacan town of Hagonoy near the shores of Manila Bay, where tides continue to submerge almost all 26 barangays, has revived old pilapil (earth dikes or earth embankments) as flood walls in inner villages, a technique used by private fishpond owners in the previous decades. The project was first implemented