Government evidence against officials behind the P289-million Oriental Mindoro road dike is “rock solid,” Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Tuesday, Jan. 20, as inspections found the project substandard and at risk of collapse. Dizon made the remarks...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta believes that it is not proper for Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste to explain the contents of the so-called Cabral files. During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Monday, Jan. 19, Marcoleta said that the neophyte lawmaker is "not competent"...
BAGUIO CITY – A co-accused of former Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. in his plunder case was arrested by the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Benguet province early Tuesday morning, Jan. 20. DILG Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla said that Christina Mae del Rosario Pineda, 38, cashier...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered immediate repair on the two-year-old flyover in this city after cement started falling from its underside and cracks emerged. “You have to fix this,” said Dizon when he called F. Gurrea Construction...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez and Engineer Jaypee Mendoza were taken into custody by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday night. The arrests followed the issuance of warrants of arrest and hold departure...
A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) official on Monday, Jan. 19, admitted that the validation of alleged ghost flood control projects will have to restart after inspectors were found to have gone to incorrect locations, raising concerns over further delays in resolving the cases. ...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon claimed that the completion of the unfinished flyover in Iloilo will be the Christmas gift of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to the people of Iloilo. “Magiging Christmas gift eto ni PBBM sa taga-Iloilo....
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered an independent third-party safety check of the stalled Aganan Flyover in Iloilo City to ensure the structure’s integrity before it is opened to motorists. Dizon said a foreign consultant will conduct the evaluation....
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Monday, Jan. 19, lashed out at detractors of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, bluntly telling them to “Shut the f… up!” as he opened the panel’s eighth public hearing on the alleged multibillion-peso anomalies in flood control...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Monday, January 19 continued its investigation into the anomalies surrounding the government’s flood control projects. Among those present in the eight public hearing include Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Legarda Leviste, who earlier disclosed...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Saturday, Jan. 17, said that the so-called "allocables"--at least those motivated by commissions and kickbacks--are no better than planned or attempted robbery. Lacson says this is why it is important for the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to...
GUMACA, Quezon – Secretary Vince Dizon of the Department of Public Works and Highways has ordered the repair damaged roads here. Mayor Webster Letargo met Dizon during an inspection of the Maharlika Highway in Quezon Friday and discussed the matter. Letargo, in a Facebook post, said Dizon...
