Malacañang has lambasted those individuals who benefitted from infrastructure projects in Bulacan, which were revealed to be substandard, saying the projects should have been for the greater good, yet it only benefited those who only want to enrich themselves. In a Palace briefing on Wednesday,...
More than 2,000 Bulakenyos joined the protest rally on Sunday, Sept. 21, and called for accountability in government for the anomalous flood control projects. The “Unity Walk” began at around 3:30 p.m. led by Calumpit Mayor Lem Faustino, Vice Mayor Zsar Candelaria, members of the Municipal...
“Bahain ng galit ang mga buwayang kurakot!” (Let our anger engulf the corrupt!) This was one of the chants of more than 500 protesters who marched from Malolos City Cathedral to the Mini Forest Children’s Park inside the Bulacan Provincial Capitol compound on Sunday, Sept. 21. The protest...
More than 2,000 residents staged a protest on Saturday, Sept. 20, to denounce the persistent flooding in their town and alleged corruption in flood control projects. Dressed in black, participants from various sectors—including teachers, workers, transport groups, fishermen, vendors, senior...
Government agencies, institutions, and private volunteers joined a cleanup drive along the Angat River trench between Barangays Tibag and Poblacion here on Friday, Sept. 19, in observance of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day. The activity, led by the City Environment and Natural Resources...
Around 300 students from Bulacan State University (BulSU) joined by professors, youth groups, and marginalized sectors staged a campus walkout on Friday, Sept. 19, to protest alleged corruption and “ghost” flood control projects in the province. The protest began outside the Department of...
Residents, local leaders, and sectoral representatives of Calumpit town in Bulacan will hold a Black Sunday Unity Walk on Sept. 21 to demand for justice and accountability over the town’s persistent flooding problem and alleged corruption in flood control projects. Mayor Lem Faustino urged all...
In view of the announced transport strike and a careful assessment of its potential impact on student attendance and participation, all classes at Bulacan State University will shift to online synchronous mode on Sept. 18 to 19. This decision followed a dialogue between the Office of the Student...
Three officials of the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were dismissed from service and permanently banned from holding government posts over irregularities in flood control projects. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the penalty also...
Former Bulacan assistant district engineers Brice Ericson Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza have been ordered dismissed from service for their alleged involvement in irregularities in flood control projects, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) disclosed on Friday, Sept. 12. In a...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Thursday, Sept. 11, filed graft complaints at the Office of the Ombudsman against 20 officials of its Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office and four private contractors over the alleged massive corruption in flood control projects. DPWH...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday, Sept. 9, confirmed that another project engineer will be dismissed for alleged involvement in three defective flood control projects in Bulacan worth a combined ₱247 million. Dizon said the Commission on Audit (COA)...
