Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has filed a measure seeking to strengthen the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) by reorganizing and rationalizing the powers and functions of its central, regional and district offices. Sotto said passage into law of Senate Bill No. 1835...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson reiterated on Saturday, Feb. 28, that evidence will continue to guide the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the alleged cash delivery scheme involving former military personnel, amid recent comments made by the Iglesia ni...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will temporarily deploy mobile pumping stations in the San Juan River in May to help ease persistent flooding along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the mobile stations will deliver the same force and effectiveness as...
Maj. Gen. Vicente MAP Blanco III, commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC), on Wednesday, Feb. 25, condemned the actions of retired Marines who allegedly acted as “bagmen” in the supposed delivery of P805 billion worth of kickbacks from flood control programs to top government officials,...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed phases two to five of its drainage rehabilitation along G. Araneta Avenue in Quezon City in order to prevent severe flooding that in past rains rose above a person’s height. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the project, which began...
Eighteen former Marines who previously worked and served as personnel for businessman Zaldy Co publicly came forward on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to confirm the allegations of delivering suitcases filled with cash to the residences of Co, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., and former House Speaker...
The widespread flooding that left eight people dead in three provinces in Davao Region (Region 11) has been blamed on supposedly incomplete and unconnected flood control and drainage projects, a ranking official of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed on Sunday, Feb. 22. Dir. Ednar...
The outcome of President Marcos ' review of the report of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) may be out this month, Malacañang said. While Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro did not disclose where Marcos is now in his review of the over...
One of the construction companies named by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in their joint referral for investigation for alleged involvement in ghost flood control projects has denied association with embattled Bulacan 2nd...
President Marcos has received the report of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and was still studying it, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this when sought for updates on the fate of ICI, a body created by the President to...
Malacañang has clarified that the pursuit of former congressman Zaldy Co remains a task shared by the law enforcement and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro made the clarification after Department of the Interior and Local...
The shear line and the northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan,” will continue to bring cloudy skies and rains over large parts of Luzon, while easterlies will cause isolated rainshowers across the rest of the country, state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
