
Ghost floodprojects haunt ’27 evac funds
Malacañang rejected concerns that the proposed P3.06-billion allocation for evacuation centers in the 2027 national budget might be used for election or…
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Malacañang rejected concerns that the proposed P3.06-billion allocation for evacuation centers in the 2027 national budget might be used for election or…
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The theft of vital structural components caused damage to the southbound section of the EDSA Magallanes Flyover, resulting in falling debris that prompted…
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So what exactly died? Because this sounds like the pig is doing fantastic and is apparently more clever now.
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District congressmen got a baseline of P500 million each, partylist representatives from P120 million to P150 million.
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In those six hours, I could have reached Baguio, with a stopover or two. Instead, I barely moved around San Juan.
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Regional Public Works officials said overall progress reached 42.3 percent based on total project costs as of July 2026.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government’s efforts at flood control could not fully keep pace with the increasingly intense rainfall…
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The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has proposed a P3.06-billion allocation for the construction of evacuation centers nationwide in 2027,…
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Instead, the budget is kept voluminous and splits a single road repair project into a half-dozen items, maintenance here, rehabilitation there, flood control…
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As my vehicle struggled through the waist-deep flood, I found myself stuck in traffic for two hours on Visayas Avenue in Quezon City with the water continuing…
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PALO, Leyte — Construction of the P4.445-billion Tacloban-Palo Diversion Road and flood mitigation project is set to resume after work stalled amid the…
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‘The ongoing oil crisis brought about by the war in the Middle East has shown how decades of underinvestment in road-based public transport and active…
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The proposed budget for 2027 allegedly contained a “uniform” P180-million lump-sum allocation for the establishment of evacuation centers across the country,…
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A public that tracks the money before it disappears is harder to rob quietly than one that only asks questions once the floodwaters recede.
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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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Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) deserves the public backlash following widespread…
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Transport advocates urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Congress on Tuesday to restore funding for public transportation, walking and cycling…
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President Marcos does not have aby idea about the so-called Leadership Funds, or lump sums in the budget meant for pork barrel that former Public Works and…
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