(Photo courtesy of Mabuhay Harold Raymundo)Â Bulacan 6th District Rep. Salvador A. Pleyto led the groundbreaking rites for the Calumpang Flood Control Project slope protection of Sitio Calumpang in Norzagaray along the Angat River. The flood control structures have a length of 286 linear meters...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. announced that the Philippines will be connected to the first subsea cable system from the United States that would improve Wi-Fi connection in the country. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos bared that the country will benefit from the project that...
I was always a worrier in our family. I remember when I was little, I would get very scared when it was raining because of the build-up of rainwater and the occasional flooding outside of our main door. The fear would be more intense if my parents were not yet home — the feeling of worry that the...
Dumagat-Remontado tribes from Tanay, Rizal and General Nakar, Quezon Province each received P80 million worth of disturbance fees from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System for the construction of the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project (NCWS-KDP). "The Metropolitan Waterworks...
Calille, Celeste, and Paul Engler, the family of three who want to save the native trees. (Out of Danger Project) By Jazz Quiambao Here’s a quick question: what Philippine native tree is currently vulnerable, endangered, and with only a few thousand left existing in the whole world? Here’s a...
DAVAO CITY – National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao head Maria Lourdes Lim bared that Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp. owned by Davao-based business tycoon Dennis Uy has been asked to revise its proposal on the modernization of the Davao International Airport. Lim said the...
THE Korea International Cooperation Agency on Monday, Feb. 20, launched a program to adolescent pregnancies in Southern Leyte and Samar in Tacloban City. (Marie Tonette Marticio) TACLOBAN CITY – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and national government and United Nations (UN)...
ILOILO City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The city government is reviewing the waste-to-energy proposal of a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). “We are presently evaluating the proposal submitted,” said Mayor Jerry Treñas in a statement. Metro Pacific Water (MPW)...
The Quezon 3rd District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported that the Catanauan Diversion Road in Catanauan, Quezon is halfway complete. District Engineer Jorge Pasia said in a report to DPWH Region 4-A Director Jovel Mendoza said that the project is a...
ILOILO CITY – A solar-powered drip irrigation system project by Grade 8 students of the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) was among the 30 winners of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Centre for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...
The Caloocan City government and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) launched the “Adopt-A-Park” project at Caloocan Nature Park in Barangay 179, on Thursday, Feb. 16. Adopt-A-Park is an MMDA project that was conceptualized in 2021. It aims to develop or rehabilitate existing...
At least 20,000 commuters will be affected daily by the impending closure of the Philippine National Railways (PNR). (PNR website) Thus, said Department of Transportation (DOTr) Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez during a public hearing of fhe House Committee on Transportation on Thursday,...
