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Officials and stakeholders gathered at Mango Suites, Cauayan City for a consultation meeting led by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to present the updated Flood Control Master Plan for the Cagayan River Basin.Covering 27,281 square kilometers, the Cagayan River Basin is the country’s largest and […]
Senator Ping Lacson pushed for the all-out help of the private sector in addressing the flooding problem, even as he continues his own probe into failed and ghost flood control projects that have cost taxpayers more than P2 trillion in the last 15 years. Lacson said the offer of San Miguel Corp. president Ramon Ang […]
Senator Lito Lapid will seek the help of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to find a permanent solution to the problem of severe flooding in Pampanga province. “Hindi lang dito sa Pampanga halos buong Pilipinas, halos nationwide itong kalamidad natin. Sana huwag silang mag-alala, nandyan ang mga local official natin, nandyan ang ating mahal na Pangulo, […]
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso visited the Antonio Regidor Elementary School in District III and Hermenegildo J. Atienza Elementary School in Baseco to personally see the situation of the evacuees being sheltered there.According to the report by the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW), the two temporary evacuation sites had the most number of […]
Putting forward long-term solutions to flood control, Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso urged the national government to build more sewage treatment plants or STPs in the nation’s capital. In a media interview, Domagoso said building more STPs will give the city a strong capability to prevent flooding despite heavy rainfall, as opposed to […]
Senator Loren Legarda called for the strict and immediate implementation of environmental laws, particularly the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (RA No. 9003), to address the worsening effects of flooding in Metro Manila and across the country. “We are drowning in our own waste and garbage,” Legarda said. The principal author of RA 9003 stressed […]
Senator Erwin Tulfo is calling for an investigation into the massive and recurring flooding in Palawan, particularly in Puerto Princesa City, following the latest deluge that displaced thousands of families. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recently rescued nearly 100 families in a single town in Puerto Princesa after their homes were submerged by floods caused […]
Quezon City First District Representative Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde on Sunday called for a comprehensive, NCR-wide flood management strategy following days of heavy rainfall that inundated many parts of Metro Manila.“The flooding we’ve seen in recent days makes one thing very clear: this is not just a QC District 1 problem, this is not just […]
Stopping corruption is the key to ending the perennial flooding problem in Laguna both in the long and short terms, former Senator Ping Lacson stressed. Lacson said flood control programs have been plagued by corruption, citing cases where one backhoe is used only for show in several multi million-peso dredging projects. “In flood control, dredging […]
With Typhoon Kristine battering the country and causing massive flooding in the Bicol region, former Civil Service Commission Chair Karlo Nograles on Thursday stressed the urgency of addressing the flooding woes of Davao City given the rising frequency of extreme weather events affecting the country. “Our prayers go out to our countrymen in Bicol and all […]