Flood control funding is back. But its return to the proposed 2027 national budget should not be treated as a routine restoration of government spending. It should serve as a test of whether the state has learned anything from the scandal that badly damaged public trust in infrastructure projects....
Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro on Wednesday, Aug. 12, vowed to strengthen the city’s partnership with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for more effective and responsive flood-mitigation efforts to ensure the safety of residents during calamities. Teodoro made the statement...
With nearly the entire town of Hagonoy submerged, Mayor Charo Sy-Alvarado Mendoza directed police to provide free rides to stranded residents. At 8:27 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, personnel of the Hagonoy police led by Lt. Col. Leonard M. Lim launched the “Libreng Sakay” program in Brgy. Sto....
Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan testified Wednesday, Aug. 12, that then Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo submitted to him the project lists of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. under the department’s Senate leadership fund. Bonoan...
Flood‑hit families in Bulacan received food packs and hot meals during a relief operation in Barangay Malis, Guiguinto, the most populous village in the town, after the recent southwest monsoon and Typhoons Luis and Maymay. The Provincial Police Office (PPO), headed by acting director Col. Jay...
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...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 11 that the sheer necessity of flood control projects led to the restoration of these items in the country 's spending plan, specifically in the P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP)...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Tuesday, Aug. 11, that it would strictly follow judicial mandates to transport former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan before the Sandiganbayan for his scheduled testimony in the trial of former senator Ramon “Bong”...
DAGUPAN CITY — The southwest monsoon or "habagat" continued to trigger flooding across several parts of the Ilocos Region, affecting 152 barangays and displacing more than 4,000 individuals, according to the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO 1) under PBGen. Jovencio Badua Jr., Regional Director. As...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), in coordination with the Parañaque City government, are continuing to clear garbage and debris from the Baclaran‑Redemptorist Water Channel following heavy rains brought by the typhoon....
Senator Paolo "Bam" Aquino IV called for greater transparency in government spending after flooding in several parts of the country killed at least 19 people and displaced thousands. Flooding hit parts of the National Capital Region, Southern Luzon, Northern Luzon, and Central Luzon following...
