Podcast by KRIZIA ARCANGEL
RESIDENTS of Artex Compound in Malabon can’t live without boats. Not since 2004 when its roads became permanently submerged in water.
The compound used to be a picturesque village with a textile factory, playgrounds and a church. But it fell into neglect following a long-drawn labor dispute between the owners of the textile company and its employees.
Over the years, the residents have become so used to their living conditions that most of them opt to stay rather than relocate on land.
But seeing dry ground might soon be a reality for the residents because of a recent development on the case over the ownership of the compound.
After visiting the perennially flooded compound, Krizia Arcangel produced this podcast in Filipino:
Read the script.
(The podcast was produced by Krizia Arcangel, a senior journalism student at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, for her J196 seminar class under VERA Files trustee Yvonne T. Chua.)
