Stressing the link between government accountability and the state of Philippine education, a teachers’ group on Thursday, September 18, called on teachers, education workers, and advocates to participate in a nationwide rally against corruption this weekend. The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan first district engineer Jaypee Mendoza was cited in contempt by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee probing the anomalous flood control projects in the country. During the hearing, under the questioning of Senator JV Ejercito, SYMS...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla assured senators that the agency will pursue the filing of cases against those involved in the delivery of “ghost” and substandard flood control projects soon. At the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s...
A controversial contractor accused of delivering kickbacks to some senators has admitted to visiting the office of Senator Erwin Tulfo. Mina Elamparo-Jose, of the WJ Construction, admitted that she visited Tulfo’s office last Aug. 19, 2025 but not for any project related to flood control, but...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Thursday, September 18 said the agency has received reports of more than 100 “ghost” and or “very substandard” projects across the country in the last two weeks. Dizon confirmed this at the continuation of the Senate...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Thursday, Sept. 18, that the government may have lost trillions due to anomalous flood control projects. In his interpellation during the Senate Blue Ribbon hearing on the anomalous flood control projects, Senator Francis...
Contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya and ex-Bulacan first District Engineering Office head Henry Alcantara were cited in contempt for lying on Thursday, Sept. 18, by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee probing the anomalous flood control projects in the country. Discaya was the first to be cited in...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, September 18 issued a subpoena against former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Catalina Cabral after the latter repeatedly failed to appear in the ongoing investigation into the anomalous flood control projects. This, after...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will focus on completing ongoing flood control projects flagged for irregularities before adopting a science-based flood planning approach. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon emphasized that ensuring the proper implementation of projects already under way...
The national government is now urged to seek approval from local government officials before starting any infrastructure projects in their areas of responsibility. This was what the members of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) agreed upon during its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, as the policy-making...
For years now, countries around the world have been grappling with the problems of climate change. I’ve always thought that not enough people were truly paying attention to its negative effects. It was a personal belief of mine that people talked about it as if it were just another school...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has strongly condemned alleged corruption in government flood control projects, stressing that the misuse of public funds meant to prevent flooding in Manila and other parts of the country is a “betrayal of public trust.” In a statement released Wednesday,...
