In Malabon, this multimillion flood management challenge is only a skinny river wall

Rappler checks a river wall in Malabon flagged by a Rappler app consumer and finds not solely an unfinished, poorly constructed challenge, but in addition houses devastated by floodwaters

MANILA, Philippines – A skinny river wall, discovered to be just a few inches huge, will be seen alongside the Tullahan River in White Lily, Barangay Potrero, Malabon, regardless of substantial funding. 

Residents say the wall, marked accomplished simply two years in the past, does little to guard them throughout heavy rain, with floodwaters operating above residents’ houses, inflicting some homes to break down and private belongings to be destroyed.

The river wall was carried out in 4 phases, commencing in April 2016 with a price range of P45 million. In 2023, experiences from the Division of Public Works and Highways confirmed that it even underwent rehabilitation with a price range of P7.9 million and was already accomplished by July of the identical yr.

Nevertheless, when Rappler visited the location on October 26, 2025, it discovered the river wall was nonetheless unfinished and poorly constructed, with solely a small portion of the flood wall constructed and the metal bars serving as its basis already rusting. 

The positioning go to was prompted by a Rappler app consumer’s report within the FloodControlPH chat room, the place they flagged the disjointed and ineffective building alongside the river. Watch this video to know extra about this flood management challenge in Malabon.

This video was produced by Rappler interns Paolo Cootauco and Maria Czietherine Paghunasan, and Rappler Mover Angela Ballerda.

Is there a flood management challenge in your space you wish to flag? When you spot any flood management initiatives in your space, snap a photograph of them and ship it to the FloodControlPH chat room on the Rappler app. – Rappler.com

Paolo Cootauco is a Rappler intern from College of Santo Tomas. He’s a fourth yr scholar taking over Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

Maria Czietherine Paghunasan is a Rappler volunteer and a graduating BA Communication scholar at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. She is a multimedia artist, with cartoons and comics revealed on Naver Webtoon Korea and in The Communiqué, the official publication of PLM School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Angela Ballerda is a Mover, or a Rappler civic engagement volunteer, from Las Piñas Metropolis. She is a campus journalist at Ateneo de Manila College, at present serving as the printed information producer of The GUIDON.