Mayor Maan Teodoro said on Wednesday, July 9, that the local government is prepared for the rainy season, with continuous dredging in the Marikina River and ongoing drainage declogging operations to ensure the proper flow of water and prevent flooding. Teodoro said that during her first week as...
Amid steady rains sweeping across the country, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has resumed dredging operations in major rivers and esteros as part of intensified efforts to ease flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas this rainy season. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the...
The massive dredging operations in Cagayan River have stopped since 2023, Malacañang said. It added that there is also no dredging operation in the river at present. PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro (Betheena Unite) "[B]ase po sa DENR regional executive director sa Cagayan Region, itong dredging...
Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Tuesday, July 9, against Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Administrator Sonia B. Malaluan and four other persons for alleged illegal Special Permits (SPs) issued to foreign dredgers. Also charged...
Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc. (TUGS) has committed to rehabilitate the Bislak River in cooperation with the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte. TUGS and the provincial government signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to formalize the partnership alongside the groundbreaking ceremony on...
Photo shows a dredging operation on a heavily silted waterway in Barangay Longos in the City of Malolos, Bulacan on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Marcel Bayan) Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando ordered the dredging of heavily-silted creeks and other waterways in Barangay Longos...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is mulling the completion of the dredging of a "mega island" along the Cagayan River by early next year. According to DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, about 8.43 percent of the target 970,962 cubic meters of a sandbar in Barangay Dummum in the...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dredging the Cagayan River as part of rehabilitation efforts to prevent or minimize the risk of massive flooding in nearby areas. (Photo from Department of Environment and Natural Resources) In a statement on Saturday, July 3,...
