The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is eyeing to replicate the G. Araneta Avenue model in Quezon City in all its flood mitigation measures when it submitted its budget for proposal for various projects next year. For instance, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizons said they proposed a P1.5...
All unpermitted reclaimed areas in Taguig City—whether belonging to the local government or to private individuals or entities—are subject to forfeiture in favor of the national government. Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson disclosed this on Monday, August 10 saying this was made clear by...
Wasting no time, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo has formally sought a congressional inquiry into the non-operation of the Tumana and Iwahig pumping stations during the onslaught of the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat. Quimbo filed House Resolution (HR) No. 1342 on Monday, Aug. 10, a day...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo demanded on Sunday, Aug. 9 the immediate suspension of the contractor and operator of the Iwahig and Tumana pumping stations after he discovered firsthand that they were non-working and abandoned. An irate Quimbo directed his call to Department of Public...
Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has thanked Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon for his timely response to the flooding in the city amid the intermittent rains. Yamsuan, in a statement Sunday, Aug. 9, specifically cited Dizon 's presence...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 9, said it will deploy a mobile pump to help ease flooding in Barangays Malanday and Tumana, Marikina City, after Mayor Maan Teodoro alerted the agency about the situation. Teodoro said flooding was reported around 2:15...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon sacked a district engineer in Camarines Sur over a road crash that left at least three people injured in Del Gallego town. For Dizon, the road crash would have been prevented had the 1st District Engineering Office placed the road...
A Metro Manila congressman wants to institutionalize the periodic inspection and maintenance of national government infrastructure projects, and in effect allow the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) access to these sites or locations. Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund...
Twenty officials and personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Cebu are facing multiple criminal cases in connection with two alleged anomalous flood control projects in the province, the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed on Tuesday, August 4. DOJ spokesperson Polo...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division on Monday, Aug. 3, denied the prosecution’s motion to exclude former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan as an accused in Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s pending graft case. In a 12-page resolution penned by Presiding...
No less than the sitting chairperson of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division, Associate Justice Karl B. Miranda, has opposed the grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in connection with the pending malversation case linked to the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control...
The Manila City government and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are set to launch flood‑mitigation projects along España Boulevard and other flood‑prone areas in the capital. Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon inspected España...
