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DPWH COMPLETES TARLAC SLOPE PROTECTION PROJECT

Residents living near the Batacan River in Barangay Pit-ao, San Clemente, Tarlac are now safe from flooding with the completion of a flood mitigation project by the Department of Public Works and Highways. In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller Tolentino said that the completed project is a […]

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BACOLOD CITY EYES RAINWATER COLLECTION VS FLOODING

Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez led a post Typhoon Egay Task Force Baha Action Team meeting discussing vital points that are relevant to the recent flooding in the city caused by #EgayPH.   The meeting was attended by key officials, including Department of Public Works and Highways District of Bacolod Engineer Abraham Villareal, Bacolod Disaster […]

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NOGRALES BACKS USE OF WATER-IMPOUNDING FACILITIES

Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles is backing the order of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to build water-impounding facilities near Metro Manila in a bid to control flooding and ensure water supply in Luzon. Such facilities, however, should only be supplementary, and the government’s greater objective should be restoring the country’s forest cover, Nograles said. […]

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Government

MMDA, TAGUIG LGU LEAD HAGONOY CREEK CLEANUP

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Taguig City Government called on the public to break the dumping-cleaning cycle by changing their mindset in managing solid wastes as they led the massive cleanup operations of Hagonoy Creek/Retarding Pool in order to prevent flooding. According to MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, at least 50 […]

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PRC SENDS DRINKING WATER TO MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL

Flooding caused by a shear line has damaged the water supply system of the municipality of Lopez Jaena in Misamis Occidental and left residents without access to safe water. In a letter to PRC Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon, Lopez Jaena Mayor Andrea Cherry Pink Gutierrez expressed her appreciation for the Philippine Red Cross’s (PRC) […]

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Government

DPWH EYES PARAÑAQUE SPILLWAY VS NCR FLOODING

Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Finance (DOF), and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) mission group held a fact-finding meeting for the planned Parañaque Spillway Project in a bid to protect low-lying communities in Metro Manila from massive flooding. Secretary Manuel Bonoan said that […]

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DOLOMITE NOT CAUSE OF MANILA FLOODING – MMDA

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) clarified that it is not the Dolomite Beach itself but the ongoing drainage systems project in the area which caused flooding in some of the streets in Manila recently. During the inspection at the Juan Luna Elementary School in Manila for the Brigada Eskwela, MMDA Acting General Manager Baltazar […]

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BETTER WATERWAYS TO FIX IFUGAO FLOODING – DALIPOG

Ifugao Governor Jerry Dalipog said the continuous improvement of the waterways could address the perennial flash flood problem in the province every rainy season. “Flash floods in Banaue are not unusual because in Banaue, this month until December, Ifugao receives heavy rains,” Dalipog, who was the former mayor of Banaue, said. He blamed the flash […]

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DPWH STARTS DAGAMI, LEYTE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT

With efforts to alleviate flooding in low-lying areas nationwide, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) began constructing a flood control structure along the Binahaan River in the municipality of Dagami, Leyte. DPWH Secretary Roger Mercado said that the project, as reported by DPWH Region 8 Director Allan Borromeo, involves five-meter tall gabion walls […]

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DPWH PROJECT TO END LA TRINIDAD FLOODING – SALDA

The municipal government of La Trinidad, Benguet sees an end to the flooding problem that besets the local strawberry farm, with the completion of a P60 million drainage project.  Mayor Romeo Salda said according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the project would be completed before the end of the second quarter […]