Today, September 26, marks 'save Sierra Madre day' under a presidential proclamation signed in 2012. The declaration seeks to boost awareness about the importance of protecting the country's longest mountain range following the onslaught of Tropical Storm Ondoy this time in 2009.
Has the country learned its lesson more than a decade later?
Joining us now is Nazrin Castro, manager of the Climate Reality Project Philippines.
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