MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives began Tuesday its investigation into the massive flooding in Cagayan and Isabela provinces, and other localities due to Typhoon Ulysses, that left in its wake a devastation never before seen in the last 40 years.
The inquiry, in aid of legislation, is handled by the House committee on agriculture and food together with the committee on North Luzon growth quadrangle.
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano earlier filed a resolution calling for an investigation on the “severe and unprecedented” flooding in the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela, which some local gov…
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