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The Big Picture: Artex, The Venice of the Philippines

572 views · Published 23 September 2017 · 3:55 · Indexed 14 October 2026

Channel: CGTN · 2017 · News & Politics

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It’s hard to imagine Artex, a sprawling former factory employee housing compound, the way 30-year-old Nylen Carina or Len describes how it used to look. 

"This place was nice. There used to be a playground, a volleyball court, a basketball court, and there were even pine trees. We also played on seeswaws," Len told CGTN. 

But rain – an overwhelming amount of rain – in 2004 inundated Artex with flood; since then floodwater never left. The neighborhood already sits in one of the lowest-lying portions of Metro Manila, the Philippines’ sprawling capital, so flooding was already perennial. 

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