The City of Manila local government announced the suspension of work in government offices and classes in the city on Thursday, August 31, as the southwest monsoon and Super Typhoon Goring brought heavy rains to Metro Manila. "As recommended by the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan disagreed that the construction of various infrastructure projects has affected the drainage systems and waterways in Bulacan and caused the massive flooding there recently. Councilors Coach Geli Bulaong and Troy Aldaba fearlessly went down into the...
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Tuesday, Aug. 8, defended the agency’s flood-control projects amid mounting criticisms of unresolved problem of flooding. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan (RTVM screenshot) Although the official admitted that there are some delays in...
Bulacan 1st District Representative Danilo A. Domingo (3rd from right) meets with Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office of DPWH, division chiefs, and Engineer Glenn D. Reyes of the Provincial Engineering Office on Thursday, August 3, 2023, to address the widespread flooding in the First...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now working with the local executives of the National Capital Region in coming up with a drainage master plan amids the persistent flooding problem in Metro Manila. MMDA chairperson Don Artes said the goal is to have an integrated drainage...
A total of 154 cities and municipalities have already been placed under a state of calamity due to Super Typhoon “Egay” and enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat”, including the municipality of Macabebe in Pampanga province which has been submerged in flood for nearly one month already,...
Senators on Tuesday, August 1 wanted the perennial flooding problems that affect the country annually eased or solved. This followed a manifestation on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regarding the continued flooding...
This photo taken on July 31, 2023 shows an overflowing Yongding River under the New Shougang Bridge in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua) BEIJING/SHIJIAZHUANG, China -- Two people have been killed during rainstorms in Beijing, and 52,384 have been relocated to safer places, as heavy downpours...
Mayor Baby Manlapaz, Vice Mayor Charo Sy-Alvarado Mendoza, Richie Mendoza, and councilors brave waist-deep flood waters to distribute water buckets to thousands of flood victims in Barangay San Juan, Hagonoy, Bulacan on Sunday, July 30, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Marcel Bayan) Another town in the...
More than 1,600 individuals were affected by flooding and heavy rains brought by the combined effects of Tropical Cyclone “Dodong” and southwest monsoon or “habagat”, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, July 16. The NDRRMC said 491 families...
Small seacraft in northern Palawan were barred from travelling due to the combined effects of Tropical Depression “Dodong” and southwest monsoon (habagat). *Philippine Coast Guard personnel rescue residents of * *Brgy. Corong-Corong in El Nido, Palawan on July 13, 2023 due to flood caused by...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Works, on Thursday, July 13, urged the leadership of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately act on the flooding of roads in the Metro. ...
