Head above water
Kickbacks are illegal; it is a fact, but who is to stop this practice when it has become almost institutional?
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Kickbacks are illegal; it is a fact, but who is to stop this practice when it has become almost institutional?
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The price tag, charged to the government, is six to eight times what the material actually costs.
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday assured it will comply with the Sandiganbayan’s order requiring former Department of Public Works and Highways…
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‘The only problem there is the busway barriers. They are blocking the drainage of water from the busway toward the drainage system on the other side.’
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Dizon’s outburst may be the most honest assessment anyone has offered. But honesty from a Cabinet secretary isn’t a fix.
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The rains came, as they always do. Three typhoons circled the archipelago and met the southwest monsoon head-on. Streets became rivers. Towns became islands.…
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Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro led a press briefing on Monday, 10 August, to update the public on the government's…
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Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said accumulated rainwater caused potholes to emerge along portions of the recently rehabilitated EDSA Busway despite…
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Presidential Legislative Officer and Secretary Joey Sarte Salceda warned on Sunday that declining bank credit to legitimate contractors could undermine gains…
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Nosy Tarsee has heard that the garbage business in local government had just gotten a lot dirtier — and not from the actual garbage.
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The zarzuela, which is meant to lift the profile of the administration while getting back at political foes, has the overall effect of rewarding grand-scale…
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A portion of the Forbes Park perimeter wall along EDSA-Ayala northbound collapsed Saturday evening, 8 August, blocking two lanes of the major thoroughfare and…
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Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla revealed Saturday that he had received calls about alleged corruption schemes in local garbage collection and waste management…
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Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon conducted a series of project inspections in Ilocos Norte on Friday, Aug. 7, checking…
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The Office of the Ombudsman has filed nine counts of graft against Tarlac 3rd District Representative Noel Rivera over his alleged conflict of interest in…
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Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has relieved the district engineer of Camarines Sur’s 1st District Engineering Office…
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A delivery rider became an accidental hero in Tondo, Manila, after saving a child’s life.
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The investigator, who got too close to the flame — like the moth in Jose Rizal’s story that burned its wings and fell — was relegated to being an adviser.
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