Floods, kickbacks, moro-moro
The blueprint for saving lives was available, but it was set aside so a mafia of contractors and their patrons in government could carve up the budget like a…
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The blueprint for saving lives was available, but it was set aside so a mafia of contractors and their patrons in government could carve up the budget like a…
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The developer still calls it resort-style living. There’s water everywhere. Venice with leptospirosis.
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The Office of the Ombudsman wants greater visibility over every stage of the 2027 budget process to ensure that the proposed P107 billion for flood control…
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The theme takes a direct look at how artists reckon with the structures, traditions, conventions, and assumptions that shape both the creative world and…
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The proposed P107.4 billion allocation for flood control projects could be better used to address the country’s classroom shortage, particularly as alleged…
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Davao City — Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte praised the Davao Public Safety and Security Office, the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), and partner security…
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After years of spending billions of pesos to manage the floods, how much protection has the public actually received?
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Now the floods and the elephantine question in the room — who should answer for the stolen flood control money — are again at the forefront.
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ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio on Monday called for the proposed P107.4 billion allocation for flood control projects in the 2027 national budget to…
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Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Charles T. Calima Jr. conducted an ocular inspection of the flood mitigation project along the…
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LA UNION — La Union has largely recovered from recent typhoons and flooding, but prolonged heavy rains, clogged waterways, high tides and improper garbage…
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Police are investigating the theft of electrical cables from a key flood control pumping station in Navotas after armed suspects allegedly cut and carried off…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants his 2028 successor to continue his administration’s anti-corruption drive. But as Marcos seeks to make the fight against…
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There is cautious optimism that infrastructure projects in H2 2026 and improving business sentiment could support a recovery. But with growth at 2.3 percent,…
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Acclaimed writer, poet and curator Yeow Kai Chai is returning as festival director of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF), taking the helm of its landmark…
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Rather than painting his hero as simply right or wrong, Lee wanted readers to wrestle with the same moral dilemma.
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A UP student film won a trip to Busan. The bigger prize is seeing how Korea turns stories into an industry.
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NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur — Prolonged heavy rains, rising river levels and strong currents contributed to the collapse of a portion of the flood control structure…
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