CEBU CITY, Philippines — While government agencies continue to revisit Metro Cebu’s long-delayed flood-control plans, a 10-year-old Cebuana has stepped forward with ideas of her own. Annanda Fang, a Grade 5 student of Cebu International School, presented…
A warrant of arrest against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan in connection with their graft case was issued by the Sandiganbayan on Friday. …
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Panfilo Lacson, who once chaired the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC), said on Wednesday that the planned filing of charges against senators allegedly involved in the flood control controversy validates the findings of…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday vowed to strengthen flood-control efforts ahead of the rainy season. During an inspection of the G. Araneta Drainage Improvement Project along E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in Quezon City,…
MANILA, Philippines —The Supreme Court has rejected the temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by three lawyers to “preserve” all versions of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s controversial flood control report. The high tribunal, in a two-page resolution…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-7) will start the rehabilitation of the Subangdaku Bridge near Innodata on Tuesday, May 12, with one lane closed to traffic. The remaining lane will remain…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Rodante Marcoleta, despite a lot of things he said in his recent privilege speech, failed to deny the existence of an alleged handwritten letter containing his request for P500 million worth of allocables from…
MANILA – Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has moved to disqualify the Office of the Ombudsman from investigating him over the alleged flood control controversy, warning that the probe is tainted by a “pattern of prejudgment”…
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate inquiry into the alleged flood control projects anomalies has been stalled as the chamber is waiting for a sworn affidavit from former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson and the required number…
The national government has allocated a total of ₱4 billion for recovery and reconstruction efforts in Cebu following recent disasters. …
MANILA – A group of petitioners has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to compel the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to release its partial draft report on the anomalous flood control projects investigation. The petitioners — lawyers Eldridge…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City government is requesting the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office VII to urgently repair a collapsed flood control structure along the Butuanon River in Barangay Paknaan. The…
