Malacañang said flood mitigation remains a key government priority as the country braces for heavier rainfall amid the start of the school year, with major infrastructure works underway and master plans completed for river basin systems across the country. In a press briefing, Communications...
CEBU CITY – An 84-year-old woman was found dead several hours after she was swept away by a rampaging flash flood in Barangay Ginabucan, Catmon town, northern Cebu province. The body of Gregoria Podot was found on Monday night, June 16. Investigation showed that the woman tended to her vegetable...
Amid steady rains sweeping across the country, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has resumed dredging operations in major rivers and esteros as part of intensified efforts to ease flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas this rainy season. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the...
As the rainy season begins, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) announced that it has mobilized its volunteers and prepositioned essential resources nationwide to ensure a swift response to potential emergencies—including floods, landslides, and other weather-related disasters. “The Philippine Red...
A Low Pressure Area (LPA) spotted near Catanduanes is bringing widespread rains over parts of Luzon and the Visayas on Saturday, June 7, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to issue warnings for possible flooding and landslides ...
DAVAO CITY – The number of affected residents in the massive flooding in Maguindanao del Sur rose to 192,005 as of 5 p.m., Monday, May 19, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported. The number of affected barangays also went up to 47 from 98 barangays in the...
DAVAO CITY – A massive flooding has affected at least 78,000 individuals in the low-lying towns of Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) due to torrential rains from the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) since May 14. A report dated May 17 from...
The World Bank has cited some inroads in the long-delayed Metro Manila flood control project, which is being partly funded by a loan it approved eight years ago. "The progress is moderately satisfactory with 38 pumping station construction sites and solid waste reduction activities," the...
After the World Bank loan for the delayed project aimed at mitigating flooding in Metro Manila was extended last year, the Washington-based multilateral lender reported implementation progress at a number of pumping stations. In a March 27 implementation status and results report, the...
Officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) hold a consultative meeting on March 13, 2025, to discuss flood control initiatives in major river basins nationwide. (Photo: DPWH) Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),...
BACOLOD CITY – Four-thousand households in seven barangays in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental have no water after the intake tank of a treatment facility in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal. San Carlos City was damaged by a flashflood due to heavy rain on Sunday, Feb. 23. FLASHFLOOD damaged...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. has brushed off as "fake news" the reports that he or...
