Budget rot surfaces
Roads and bridges built with public funds crumbled; the earthquake exposed many as having been constructed without steel reinforcement.
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Roads and bridges built with public funds crumbled; the earthquake exposed many as having been constructed without steel reinforcement.
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On the 128th anniversary of Philippine independence, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go gave the residents of Polomolok, South Cotabato (SoCot), something tangible…
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A lawmaker has urged the government to confront the country’s persistent classroom shortage, warning that the problem goes beyond infrastructure and directly…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has begun road repair and reblocking works on several major roads in Quezon City this weekend.
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Dizon’s unguarded utterance instantly raised the widespread public suspicion that local public works officials were often hesitant to do quick work without the…
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CEBU CITY — The Cebu provincial government is strengthening its preparations for the rainy season and the possible onset of what experts describe as a “super…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been given a six-month deadline to complete the construction of the 10-year unfinished Alaminos–San…
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Nearly a year after the Chief Executive used his biggest annual platform to call out the anomalies in the public works agency, a controversial circumferential…
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The deal transfers ownership of 61 hectares in one of the country’s most strategically important government properties, marking the culmination of years of…
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Government agencies continued relief and restoration efforts in earthquake-hit Sarangani province as residents appealed for additional national government…
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Marcos had pledged that 37 lawmakers, government officials and contractors would be in jail by Christmas 2025. Christmas came and went, but the scandal did not.
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A witness in the malversation trial of former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and his co-accused was ordered by the Sandiganbayan Third Division to produce…
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Aboitiz Foundation has entered into a partnership with Japan-based climate technology firm Archeda Inc. to develop satellite-powered forest carbon projects in…
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Hernandez testified that only 30 to 50 percent of each contract actually went to construction; the rest was siphoned off and stuffed into luggage delivered to…
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Public roads and bridges near the epicenter of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the island of Mindanao have had the worst damages as reported by the…
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More than P841 million in alleged stolen funds from questioned flood control projects had been recovered and remitted to the public coffers, the Department of…
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The government has secured funding to complete and open the four-lane Pawa-Bogtong Bridge in Albay, a project expected to ease a major transport bottleneck in…
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‘Our robust investment growth and the near tripling of projected exports demonstrate that investors continue to see the Philippines as a strategic location for…
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