State auditors have questioned officials of the Misamis Occidental province for failing to present necessary supporting documents for the purchase of land worth over P96.17 million. Auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) also flagged the release of P510,000 in professional fees to a private...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Metro Manila traffic has improved in recent months — but the “Build, Build, Build” team is not yet done. In the next 60 days, two bridges across Pasig River will open and is expected to decongest at least 50,000 vehicles out of EDSA and C5. The best part?...
A total of 915 provincial road projects worth P39.192 billion have been completed under the Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) since 2016, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday, June 3 Spanning 2,866.91 kilometers, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has given the green light to the implementation of six research and development (R&D) projects as part of the Virology Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines (VIP) program. DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" T. de la Peña (PCOO/Manila...
The government has allowed the resumption of relocation of informal settlers affected by the construction of infrastructure projects. Department of Public Works and Highways (Manila Bulletin) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Of all the places — Palawan is one of the most memorable. The first time I went there, my boat sank and for almost an hour — we clung to a bamboo pole in the middle of the sea to survive. Ten years have passed and yet — I couldn’t forget the fateful night in...
Agricultural roads, potable water systems, and an irrigation canal will soon be built for the municipality of Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat in a bid to boost the province's farm productivity. AGRI INFRA IN THE WORKS--Officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Italian Agrarian Reform Community...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When I was in high school — I watched “The Bucketlist” with two of my closest friends — Karen Jumarang Tan and Chynna Cuna. It was a film staring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman about two terminally ill men on a road trip with a list of things to do...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has tapped ‘green’ architect and urban planner Felino “Jun” Palafox to master plan its Bulacan airport city and put sustainability features into its Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) and future infrastructure projects, president and chief operating officer Ramon S....
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When Pigalo Bridge in Isabela was devastated by typhoons Pedring and Quiel in 2011, farmers who wanted to deliver their agricultural products to Manila or Tuguegarao had to take a 76-kilometer detour via Alicia-Angadanan-San Guillermo-Naguilian Road. Residents of...
Power and energy projects registered with the Board of Investments (BOI) jumped by 2,800 percent to P122 billion in the first quarter this year as against P4.2 billion only in the same period in 2020. According to BOI Managing Head Ceferino S. Rodolfo, the latest committed investment is the P1.22...
AS LOVELY AS A TREE A tree in Mariveles, Bataan, 1830. French scientist Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace was here 191 years ago and went deer hunting in Bataan. Voyage Autour du Monde … (Paris, 1833). Forest tree nursery owner Gerardo “Geff” Cedeño, whom I met virtually on Facebook, gave me a...
