THE Aquino administration lacks the political will to deliver on its commitment to evacuate 7,092 informal settler families (ISFs) still living in dangerous rivers and creeks in urban Metro Manila (National Capital Region or NCR), according to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-Nagkaisa (TUCP-Nagkaisa).

Disasters caused by extreme weather had prompted the government to evacuate 14,474 ISFs in Metro Manila but only 8,777 of them in danger areas were relocated.

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