Stalled Leyte bypass and flood mitigation work resumes
Regional Public Works officials said overall progress reached 42.3 percent based on total project costs as of July 2026.
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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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SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Flooding continued to affect 228 barangays in 16 localities in Pampanga with residents of some areas having to deal with waist to…
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The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Region 7 said five projects linked to Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) have yet to comply with…
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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 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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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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The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has officially broken ground on the P172.1-million expansion of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX)…
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The money did not vanish. It reappeared under the Local Government Support Fund, in a line called financial assistance to local government units worth P34…
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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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Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon on Sunday backed public-private partnerships as a better option for large government buildings while the Department of…
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The lawmaker said genuine transparency required dismantling the mechanisms that allow such insertions, rather than simply putting cameras on the proceedings.
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