Despite delays, the Metro Manila flood control project being funded by loans from the Washington-based World Bank Group (WBG) and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has so far benefitted over half a million residents in flood-prone areas. “To date, more than 600,000 people...
Metro Manila is expected to experience less severe flooding this rainy season following intensified drainage improvement and cleanup operations implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). According to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, the department has completed several...
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...
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...
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...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Tuesday, April 15, that they have placed Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur under Comelec control. Commission on Elections "The Comelec En Banc is now placing Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur under Comelec control," he told reporters...
Police Lt. Gen. Bernard Banac, commander of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, has placed sufficient number of police maneuver forces for possible deployment in Datu Odin Sinsuat town of Maguindanao del Norte after it was placed under the control of the Commission on Elections...
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...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia will recommend placing Datu Odin Sinsuat under Comelec control following the death of an election officer and her husband. Maceda Lidasan-Abo was killed along with her husband Jojo Abo in an ambush on Wednesday morning, March 26. "Kaya...
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),...
State-run Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) is expected to unveil the country’s highest air traffic control (ATC) tower in the Philippines by the second quarter of the year. CIAC, which oversees prime government land surrounding the Clark International Airport, envisions the 18-story tower...
A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Arlington, Va....
