WHEN A WALL of garbage gave way at Cebu City’s Binaliwlandfill this month, killing dozens of workers, it revived memories of a disaster the Philippines had pledged never to repeat.
At dawn on July 10, 2000, a towering mound of waste collapsed at the Payatas dumpsite in Quezon City after days of heavy rain. Homes were buried, fires broke out, and more than 200 people were killed.
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