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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 […]
With the rainy season in full swing, the Quezon City local government has launched the “Tanggal Bara, Iwas Baha” Program, tapping the city’s 142 barangays to augment the flood mitigation efforts of both the city and national governments. Under the program, Mayor Joy Belmonte has directed barangays to prioritize the clean-up of clogged drainage systems, […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles renewed his call for the passage of a bill that would create a body tasked with conservation and management of the 500-kilometer-long Sierra Madre. This, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday called attention to deforestation in the Sierra Madre, which he saw during an aerial inspection over Marikina […]
In response to the escalating challenges posed by climate change, Secretary Manuel Bonoan has reaffirmed the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) commitment to providing long-term solutions to the recurrent flooding issues faced by many Filipinos. The DPWH has developed individual master plans for each of the 18 major river basins in the Philippines […]