The Marcos administration has already completed some 4,700 flood control projects from July 2022 to 2024, with 4,000 others currently being implemented, Palace press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez said on Tuesday, May 7. During a Palace press briefing after a sectoral meeting with President...
President Marcos has instructed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to integrate water conservation into its flood control and management projects to ensure that flood water can be reutilized for irrigation, water supply, and power generation, Secretary Manuel Bonoan said on Tuesday,...
President Marcos assured on Monday, April 29, that the government has an integrated approach in addressing and easing the impact of the La Niña phenomenon as the country is poised to face more cyclones this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the inauguration of the...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno gestures during a meeting with technical experts and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on March 15, 2024. The officials tackled ways to improve flood mitigation in the...
CABATUAN, Isabela – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed the Magat River flood control project in Barangay Culling East here. THIS flood control project in Cabatuan, Isabela will protect people and properties from hazards during the rainy season. (Photo via Liezle...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways-La Union First District Engineering Office has completed two significant projects worth P58 million in this province. THE Baroro River flood mitigation project in Barangay Santa Rosa, San Juan, La Union. (Photo via...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported that a P95.5-million flood control project in Barangay Masgad, Malimono, Surigao de Norte is 90 percent complete. DPWH-13 (Caraga) Regional Director Engr. Pol M. delos Santos, in his progress report to DPWH Secretary...
SOLANA, Cagayan – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Cagayan Third District Engineering Office has completed the construction of a flood control system on the Cagayan River in Barangay Andarayan here. District Engineer Mariano B. Malupeng said the project fortifies the safety and...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Tuesday, November 28, said Japanese consultants are interested in helping address flooding here. “They’re going around the city trying to identify the best solutions for our flood,” Benitez said in a press briefing. BENITEZ...
President Marcos said the government must build flood control infrastructures that are multi-functional to lessen flooding impacts in communities and agriculture areas. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Stressing that the impacts of climate change have...
BUTUAN CITY – The P96.4-million Guihao-an River flood control project in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte will be finished before the end of this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways said. “Residents will surely be happy while local business folks will be in jubilant mood because...
SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Nueva Vizcaya First District Engineering Office has completed the P60-million Bangar flood mitigation project here. The project has a length of 520-linear meters and is rubble concrete with gabions and mattresses scour...
