Malacañang said President Marcos continues to trust Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan despite the anomalies in the country 's flood-control projects. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Wednesday, Aug. 27, that...
Staff and engineers of Bulacan’s first district office have been ordered to explain their alleged involvement in ghost projects in the province after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) issued show-cause orders to the office. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan warned that unsatisfactory...
Senator Mark Villar on Tuesday, August 26 has called on relevant government agencies to hold accountable those contractors who may have submitted falsified geotagged photographs of government projects as part of their certification and justify payments. Villar, a former Department of Public Works...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora has called for a whole-of-nation approach to solve the perennial problem of flooding in the country, saying that the construction and proper operation of flood control projects are not enough in curbing it. In a radio interview, Zamora, also the president of the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Saturday, Aug. 23, moved to hold erring officials accountable as it prepared for a sweeping internal “cleansing” over alleged ghost and substandard flood control projects in Bulacan. In a radio interview, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Friday, Aug. 22, said he will remain in office despite calls for his resignation after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. instructed him to continue overseeing investigations into alleged failed and non-existent...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson rejected Malacañang’s offer to return to the Cabinet and instead expressed willingness to lead an independent investigation into alleged multibillion-peso irregularities in the agency’s flood control projects....
Oriental Mindoro Rep. Arnan Panaligan on Thursday, August 21 has denied allegations he proposed flood control projects in his province. Panaligan was referring to Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s claims which he disclosed during his privilege speech on Wednesday. “But I just want to make it...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Wednesday, August 20 that only about forty (40) percent of funding for flood control projects are utilized for implementation. Lacson, in his privilege speech entitled “Flooded Gates of Corruption,” bared this as he slammed the “evident pattern of...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero has recommended that governors and city mayors be invited to the Senate’s upcoming public hearings on the proposed 2026 national budget. Escudero said he has made the suggestion to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance,...
Flood control projects worth more than ₱800 billion have been implemented since 2022 without substantial coordination with the River Basin Control Office (RBCO), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday, Aug. 20. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan made the admission after...
Senate Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has filed a bill that creates an independent body that will investigate corruption in government infrastructure projects, particularly flood-control initiatives. Sott filed Senate Bill No. 1215, entitled “An Act Creating an Independent...
