Floods, kickbacks, moro-moro
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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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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More than 17,000 barangays face moderate to very high risks of flooding and rain-induced landslides as the southwest monsoon and a weather disturbance threaten…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday acknowledged possible gaps in the Unified 911 system following the emergency response…
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A “self-made tech billionaire,” once hailed by the local business press as the next Philippine “Bill Gates,” is now a high-ranking state technology official…
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Now the floods and the elephantine question in the room — who should answer for the stolen flood control money — are again at the forefront.
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Why did a private entity take charge of the billions in public funds when a legitimate government agency was fully equipped to handle it?
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State lawyers, including a Cabinet official known for choosing his words more carefully than most, are suddenly making promises they cannot keep. A court…
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Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday branded the so-called “leadership fund” allegedly distributed among senators in 2024 as “illegal” and “unconstitutional,”…
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The very projects intended to protect Filipinos from nature’s fury appear to have been turned by some into a feeding trough for plunderers, an opportunity to…
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So now, we build the ark. An ark for the Filipino who works, pays taxes, and asks only for a government that serves him.
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Unlike Noah, who had been warned of the coming flood, the tenants of Malacañang are nebulous about the weather.
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A proposed P107.4 billion flood control allocation in the Philippines' 2027 budget has drawn criticism from teachers as monsoon rains disrupt schools and…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has backed the Anti-Red Tape Authority’s intensified campaign against fixers, ordering the prominent…
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A deadly shootout in Maragondon, Cavite, that left a police officer and a civilian dead stemmed from a birthday celebration for the town’s police chief where…
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The figures show that the majority of the population, by religious affiliation, are supposed to adhere to the 10 Commandments and the Holy Bible.
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Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso released over P173 million in long-overdue terminal leave benefits to 260 retired city government employees,…
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The Pampanga provincial government has placed the entire province under a state of calamity as continuous heavy rains and the enhanced southwest monsoon…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said 1,441 local government units nationwide have designated Local Economic Development and…
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