An unqualified Massey worker performed over 200 safety checks at the Upper Big Branch mine, the site of the disaster, writes Ward, using a forged ID card, from 2008 to mid-2009.
" Singapore-based Bruce Gale of the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy agrees: "There are a number of checks and balances in the Philippine system that might make Estrada not quite the disaster some people predict he will be.