As 2025 draws to a close, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. placed flood control at the forefront of his administration’s ...
A flood control structure worth more than P87 million in Surigao del Norte collapsed just three years after it finished construction, even without consistent rainfall and strong water currents. The ...
View of Tehran, Iran. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Creative Commons license CC By 2.0 and Maxim Sinelshchikov Since Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in 2022, the country has spent ...
The Commission on Audit (COA) announced it has formally filed with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) four ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police and other law enforcement teams were deployed to arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that has sparked huge protests ...
Tens of thousands of Filipinos marched across the capital Manila on Nov. 30, demanding that heads roll over the multi-billion peso corruption scandal involving "ghost" and substandard flood control ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday that many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a massive ...
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CORRUPTION is a structural hazard that can be more destructive than any earthquake, fire, typhoon, or flood. Our consultant, engineer Rynor Jamandre, and his company Quantity Solutions recently showed ...
Lawmakers are closely scrutinizing next year’s funding for flood control projects, with the Department of Public Works and ...
Even without consistent rainfall and strong water currents, a flood control structure in Surigao del Norte collapsed. And ...