Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan disagreed that the construction of various infrastructure projects has affected the drainage systems and waterways in Bulacan and caused the massive flooding there recently. Councilors Coach Geli Bulaong and Troy Aldaba fearlessly went down into the...
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Tuesday, Aug. 8, defended the agency’s flood-control projects amid mounting criticisms of unresolved problem of flooding. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan (RTVM screenshot) Although the official admitted that there are some delays in...
Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the recent flooding that hit parts of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) that got motorists stuck in traffic for hours. In filing Senate Resolution No. 725, Poe said a Senate inquiry can help “determine whether proper...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered a study on the proposed construction of an impounding system to solve the lingering flooding problem in Pampanga. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) During a meeting with Pampanga local officials on...
Construction materials and other assistance will be provided to families whose houses were completely destroyed during the massive flooding in Bulacan. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) This was assured by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. during the distribution of aid in the province...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny Angara expressed his support to the proposal of his colleagues to push for a measure that would provide an integrated master plan to address the flooding in Central Luzon and other parts of the country. Angara, Senate Committee on Finance chief, is...
Bulacan 1st District Representative Danilo A. Domingo (3rd from right) meets with Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office of DPWH, division chiefs, and Engineer Glenn D. Reyes of the Provincial Engineering Office on Thursday, August 3, 2023, to address the widespread flooding in the First...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is now working with the local executives of the National Capital Region in coming up with a drainage master plan amids the persistent flooding problem in Metro Manila. MMDA chairperson Don Artes said the goal is to have an integrated drainage...
A total of 154 cities and municipalities have already been placed under a state of calamity due to Super Typhoon “Egay” and enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat”, including the municipality of Macabebe in Pampanga province which has been submerged in flood for nearly one month already,...
Senators on Tuesday, August 1 wanted the perennial flooding problems that affect the country annually eased or solved. This followed a manifestation on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regarding the continued flooding...
This photo taken on July 31, 2023 shows an overflowing Yongding River under the New Shougang Bridge in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua) BEIJING/SHIJIAZHUANG, China -- Two people have been killed during rainstorms in Beijing, and 52,384 have been relocated to safer places, as heavy downpours...
Mayor Baby Manlapaz, Vice Mayor Charo Sy-Alvarado Mendoza, Richie Mendoza, and councilors brave waist-deep flood waters to distribute water buckets to thousands of flood victims in Barangay San Juan, Hagonoy, Bulacan on Sunday, July 30, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Marcel Bayan) Another town in the...