Go blames flood woes on corruption, neglect
‘Corruption, we can prevent. The flood problem demands the unwavering attention of the government. Let us hold corrupt officials accountable.’
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‘Corruption, we can prevent. The flood problem demands the unwavering attention of the government. Let us hold corrupt officials accountable.’
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‘More than flood control, what the Filipino people badly need is greed control.’
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Communities often bear the heavy burden of understanding the significant amount of money spent on initiatives that ultimately fail to provide practical…
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The shoddy flood control projects, it turns out, are the racket of some members of Congress and the DPWH, with Bulacan the focal point for the pilferage of…
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The rotten system starts with the selection of the district or regional engineer of the DPWH. The Secretary of DPWH does not make the selection, but the…
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Yuchengco-led EEI Corp. is regaining ground in the construction sector with its project backlog rising 40 percent to P36.85 billion as of July, lifted by new…
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The Salaknib exercise aims to strengthen interoperability among ground units and enhance joint operational readiness.
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The Commission on Audit (CoA) has obtained the first batch of documents crucial to its impending investigation into the flood control projects in Bulacan,…
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The Philippines suffered its first loss in the 12th BFA U15 Asian Baseball Championship, falling 0-10 to Japan at the Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium in…
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‘We must fix what happened in the past. And if cases have to be filed, let’s file the cases.’
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday, 19 August, ordered an intensive technical and financial audit of the collapsed dike in Naujan,…
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The chief of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has confirmed the existence of so-called “ghost” flood control projects in several towns in…
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During a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on flood control projects, Senator Rodante Marcoleta questioned the role and visibility of the River Basin…
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In those difficult times, we strengthened ASEAN’s position as a dynamic IP hub through strategic collaboration, harmonization and digital transformation.
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A thinly capitalized contractor that was one of the 15 firms President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. identified as cornering P100 billion worth of projects within three…
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‘The two companies do not have horizontal overlaps — that is, they do not operate in the same line of business — and no vertical relationships, such as one…
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