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The Department of Agriculture is looking at a major infrastructure project that could turn Pampanga’s flood-prone Candaba Swamp into a vast water storage, irrigation, and agricultural transport network, with canals potentially stretching 100 meters wide and reaching 7 meters deep. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the DA has commissioned a P150-million study with […]
The emergency response team of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano brought food, water, and grocery packs to flood-hit communities and vulnerable sectors across Pampanga as some areas remained submerged for nearly a month. The team visited the municipalities of Candaba and Macabebe before proceeding to the municipalities of Apalit, Sasmuan, Bacolor, and the City […]
Senator Bong Go warned that the overcrowding of a Manila hospital’s emergency room amid rising leptospirosis cases shows why the government must strengthen healthcare from the grassroots level, especially as continued habagat rains and tropical systems threaten to prolong flooding and health risks in parts of Luzon. The Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital announced […]
The City Government of Manila’s efforts under Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso’s administration paid off, as a mandated weekly de-clogging drive, an uninterrupted waste collection system, and a swift evacuation response helped the city mitigate the impact of nearly a week of relentless monsoon rain as efficiently as possible. In a speech at the groundbreaking […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is calling for the development of a comprehensive national flood management plan and a full accounting of public funds allocated for flood-control projects, as heavy monsoon rains continue to inundate communities across the country. The enhanced southwest monsoon has triggered flooding in several parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces, forcing thousands […]
Bacolod City – The second leg of an initiative launched to comprehensively address the city’s issues with flooding will be held on Wednesday, a step that Bacolod lone district Rep. Albee Benitez said “is necessary to arrive at real, workable, and future-ready solutions suitable for a thriving and rapidly developing city.” The 2nd Bacolod Flood […]
The government should implement nature-based solutions to flooding alongside its usual flood control programs. This was the call of Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos in the wake of the damage caused by Super Typhoon Uwan. The lawmaker stressed that “flood control projects are only one side of the equation. We have to listen to […]
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, […]