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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. […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar led the inauguration ceremony of two floodwater reservoir projects in Barangay Buhay na Tubig, Imus City in Cavite. Villar was joined by Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa, DPWH Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Emil Sadain, Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla, Japan International Cooperation Agency […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is optimistic that the construction of retarding basins will make flood hazard areas in Cavite more resilient during the rainy season and swift changes of global weather. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar expressed confidence that the Flood Risk Management Project for Imus River is the most viable solution to […]