Members of the Senate minority bloc on Sunday, September 7 called for utmost transparency as they press that proponents of budget insertions in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) be publicly identified. This, as Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson named an official of the Department of Public Works...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Southern Mindoro District Engineering Office (DPWH-SMDEO) defended the purchase of five high-performance laptops worth a total of P930,000, saying these were purchased in full compliance with Republic Act No. 9184, the...
CEBU CITY – Angry protesters stormed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Cebu City District Engineering Office in the pier area here on Friday morning, Sept. 5. Members of youth and multi-sectoral groups showed their frustration by pelting the office with tomatoes as they denounced...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Friday, Sept. 5, called for a reduction in the P268 billion allocation for flood control projects under the agency’s proposed 2026 budget. The DPWH’s proposed budget for next year totals P880 billion, with flood control...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City second district Rep. Omar Vincent Duterte denounced on Thursday night, Sept. 4, the persistent corruption within the Department of Public Works and Highways and called on all contractors to become partners in reform. Duterte made the call before members of the Philippine...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has found former Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara guilty of irregularities over "ghost" flood control projects in the province. In a seven-page decision released Friday, Sept. 5, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon ruled that Alcantara...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso reminded protesters who stormed the office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Manila earlier today, Sept. 4, of the legal consequences of their actions. In a media briefing, Domagoso said he has ordered the Manila Police District...
Wawao Builders and SYMS Construction, contractors behind flood control projects in Bulacan, were slapped with a lifetime ban in participating in any government projects, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) disclosed on Thursday, Sept. 4. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon announced the...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero has approved the issuance of subpoenas to five contractors and three officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to compel their attendance the public hearing on irregularities surrounding the flood control projects across the...
Former Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara has been dismissed from service after admitting involvement in ghost flood control projects and alleged irregularities in multibillion-peso infrastructure works, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, Sept. 4. DPWH...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, September 4 said that while the House of Representatives cannot return the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2026 back to Malacañang to fix the “mangled” entries there, another option is available. For instance, Lacson said the Department of...
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the budget for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) could be reduced if it determines that some of the agency’s proposed projects will no longer be needed, as a two-week timeline has been set to revisit the DPWH budget following President...
