Quezon City collected 240.23 tons of flood waste this August following the recent southwest monsoon (Habagat), according to the Department of Sanitation and Cleanup Works of Quezon City (DSQC). The volume was equivalent to 15,359 sacks of garbage collected in 58 clearing trips, significantly lower...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, inspected the government’s flood mitigation efforts in Las Piñas City as authorities continued to address the impact of heavy rains in Metro Manila. Marcos checked a high vacuum, self-priming drainage trailer pump deployed at Alido Bridge in...
Quezon City recorded an 80-percent decline in families in evacuation centers amid the intensified southwest monsoon or “habagat,” compared with the number during its onset last year. As of Aug. 11, the city recorded 2,146 affected families or 8,220 individuals in evacuation centers, down...
The Quezon City government strengthened its flood mitigation program on Tuesday, July 7, with the opening of a new multi-purpose basketball court that doubles as a stormwater detention basin in Gloria 2 Subdivision, Barangay Tandang Sora. Mayor Joy Belmonte led the inauguration of the facility...
President Marcos suggested that building higher flood walls was among other measures that could help mitigate flooding in Metro Manila and other flood-prone areas, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) reported. Photo from President Marcos/Facebook Marcos said this in a meeting with the...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno gestures during a meeting with technical experts and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on March 15, 2024. The officials tackled ways to improve flood mitigation in the...
SAN Carlos City, Pangasinan -- The Department of Public Works and Highways-Pangasinan Fourth District Engineering Office has completed three flood-mitigation projects on the Agno River in Barangay Salinap and Barangay Guelew and San Juan River in Barangay Turac here. District Engineer Simplicio D....
