Tragic cycle of paying twice for every storm
What makes each storm more painful isn’t just nature’s wrath, it’s our continued unpreparedness — not due to a lack of knowledge, but because inadequate…
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What makes each storm more painful isn’t just nature’s wrath, it’s our continued unpreparedness — not due to a lack of knowledge, but because inadequate…
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We are experiencing a betrayal of public trust, which is particularly distressing given the consistent rise in the frequency and intensity of typhoons visiting…
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Accountability is overdue. Not over. This is a developing story. As of 11 December, it has been 136 days since the investigation officially began. This is a…
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Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced Sunday he will appeal his conviction for graft to the Supreme Court, citing the dissenting opinions of two…
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) has reset the preliminary investigation into the multi-million peso flood control scandal after the government announced a…
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A former mayor of Capalonga, Camarines Norte, has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison after being convicted on corruption charges related to the…
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As a nation, we still behave as though each typhoon is a ‘surprise quiz’ we never studied for, despite climate change sharpening each incoming storm.
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The flood control scandal must see a definite resolution that includes the prosecution of top officials involved, or growth will continue to stall.
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Atty. Ruy Rondain, counsel of former Ako Bicol Representative Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co, said there is no legal basis to cancel his client’s passport, as Co has not…
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‘The ICI is numb to the suffering of our countrymen devastated by typhoon Tino. When people clamor for justice, is ‘love’ the right response? Already slow, now…
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The proposed restitution or the recovery of the stolen flood control funds will be a tedious challenge that would take a long time to realize, which may not…
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Department of Justice (DoJ)Undersecretary Jesse Andres on Friday said Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers and a contractor are now…
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The budget is being wasted on flood control projects that have become a cash cow for a few opportunists.
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A whopping P9.2 billion in unprogrammed appropriations (UA) was allocated for the Visayas in recent national budgets to bankroll flood control projects, with…
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A Chinese man had entrusted more than one million yuan of his savings to his fiancee to give her a sense of security for living with him in Chongqing.
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The Office of the President’s list seems to be a guide for the Independent Commission for Infrastructure on where to look and whom to prosecute.
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