CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Puerto Galera, this province, has formally asked the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to provide them with a copy of the approved delineation zone of a cruise port project in the premiere tourist town. In a one-page letter dated Aug....
ILOILO CITY – The city government expressed support to the investigation against contractors of flood control projects after two of the top five contractors disclosed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday are handling major flood control projects in this city. “I fully support the...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, August 12, denied any involvement in flood control projects awarded to his top campaign donor, calling a news report on the matter a “malicious” and “ill-timed” smear job meant to oust him ahead of a possible impeachment bid in...
The Department of Education (DepEd) lauded Happy Hollow National High School (NHS) in Baguio City for winning the prestigious Healthiest School Award in Asia. In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 12, DepEd commended the school and cited its flagship organic farming program as a model for...
Critical flood-control works in Marikina under the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project remain on track for completion by 2028 despite funding delays, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday, Aug. 11. “We anticipate finishing the widening and revetment works...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Monday said no senator is involved with any of the 15 contractors flagged in the P545-billion flood control program, following President Marcos ' disclosure that the firms got 20 percent of the projects. “I can only speak for this House, not the...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, Aug. 11, called out the Discaya family after the discovery of their connection to multiple flood control projects disclosed by President Marcos in a press briefing in Malacañang. The President revealed major issues in the government’s flood control...
Informal settlers in Quezon City will soon have a home of their own as the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) plans to establish a new housing project under the expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling met with...
One of the most-applauded portions of the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) would have to be when President Marcos mentioned the flood control projects—and how so many of them were failures, riddled with substandard work, or worse, figments of the imagination. His plan to investigate...
In a significant step toward digital health transformation, the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with UNICEF and with funding support from the Government of Japan, officially launched DigiVacc—a digital immunization platform designed to modernize how vaccination records are managed,...
Three major national projects—a spaceport, a bundled airport proposal, and a power plant—worth a combined ₱43.3 billion have been added to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) pipeline, raising the total to ₱2.86 trillion. Documents shared by the PPP Center with reporters on Wednesday, July...
Senators on Monday, July 28 lauded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s strong directive for a thorough audit and review of all flood control projects following the massive flooding that greatly affected Filipinos during the past few weeks. Sen. Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said it is...
