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The government’s flood control projects are a systemic failure
Residents of Maasim, Sarangani province, rush to cross a small bridge after the flash flood on Monday, Oct. 6. —PHOTO FROM MAASIM INFORMATION OFFICE FB
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October 8, 2025October 8, 2025News

The government’s flood control projects are a systemic failure

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A University of the Philippines (UP) study presented this conclusion after an examination of the havoc that flooding has wrought on the country’s infrastructure despite the humongous amounts of taxpayer money spent on flood control projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). “Its flood control projects alone are supposed to abate damage,...

Sotto says he and Lacson will ensure no repeat of national budget ‘mangled in the Senate’
Returning senators Vicente Sotto III (left) and Panfilo Lacson. "We will be the real fiscalizers," Sotto says. —PHOTOS FROM TITO SOTTO IG PAGE
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July 20, 2025July 20, 2025News

Sotto says he and Lacson will ensure no repeat of national budget ‘mangled in the Senate’

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Whether they end up in the majority or minority bloc, Sen. Vicente Sotto III said, he and Sen. Panfilo Lacson will make sure that there will be no repeat of a “national budget” that was “mangled” last year in the Senate. The two lawmakers said they had been looking into irregularities in the ₱6.326-trillion national budget...