Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Monday said no senator is involved with any of the 15 contractors flagged in the P545-billion flood control program, following President Marcos ' disclosure that the firms got 20 percent of the projects. “I can only speak for this House, not the...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, Aug. 11, called out the Discaya family after the discovery of their connection to multiple flood control projects disclosed by President Marcos in a press briefing in Malacañang. The President revealed major issues in the government’s flood control...
Informal settlers in Quezon City will soon have a home of their own as the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) plans to establish a new housing project under the expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling met with...
One of the most-applauded portions of the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) would have to be when President Marcos mentioned the flood control projects—and how so many of them were failures, riddled with substandard work, or worse, figments of the imagination. His plan to investigate...
In a significant step toward digital health transformation, the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with UNICEF and with funding support from the Government of Japan, officially launched DigiVacc—a digital immunization platform designed to modernize how vaccination records are managed,...
Three major national projects—a spaceport, a bundled airport proposal, and a power plant—worth a combined ₱43.3 billion have been added to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) pipeline, raising the total to ₱2.86 trillion. Documents shared by the PPP Center with reporters on Wednesday, July...
Senators on Monday, July 28 lauded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s strong directive for a thorough audit and review of all flood control projects following the massive flooding that greatly affected Filipinos during the past few weeks. Sen. Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said it is...
In a remarkable turnaround that defies national trends, the town of Norzagaray in Bulacan has emerged as a national model in the fight against illiteracy. Cited by both the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), Norzagaray’s targeted...
To enhance student mobility and foster sustainable city planning, the Department of Education (DepEd), in collaboration with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the United Kingdom government, has officially launched the Senate-DepEd (SEED) Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Project. In a...
Making way for the construction of the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Metro Manila Subway Project, Razon-led East Zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. announced it has successfully relocated its key pipeline in Quezon City during the first half of 2025. In a statement on Friday, July...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said there is significant interest from private port developers in establishing facilities for incoming offshore wind (OSW) projects under the fifth round of the Green Energy Auction (GEA-5). Energy Assistant Secretary Mylene Capongcol told reporters that the success...
President Marcos lauded the “impressive” ongoing construction of the first phase of the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), saying it will reduce travel time from Valenzuela to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from two hours to just 40 minutes upon completion. Marcos said this as...
