Leyte SP enacts ordinance backing PBBM push for LGU’s say on flood projects
Amid flood control projects scandal
TACLOBAN CITY — Responding to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for tighter local government involvement in national infrastructure projects — especially controversial flood-control initiatives — the Leyte provincial board has...
Rep. Ongchuan moves transfer of tourism infra projects to DOT
Following DPWH’s flood control projects
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Representative Edwin Ongchuan(2ND district) has urged Congress to transfer the Tourism Road Infrastructure Program (TRIP) back to the Department of Tourism (DoT), saying the shift...
Bridge project in N.Samar affected by South Korea’s halting of PH aid funds
Amid flood control project controversy
TACLOBAN CITY — The decision of the South Korean government to suspend its financial assistance to the Philippines could derail a major infrastructure project in Northern Samar seen as vital...
NBI to probe flood control projects in Eastern Samar
As requested by Rep. Libanan
TACLOBAN CITY – House Minority Floor Leader Marcelino Libanan of the 4Ps party-list has formally sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in probing flood control projects...
Rep. Gonzales raises alarms on the Homonhon mining activities
Warns destructions to environment, communities
TACLOBAN CITY – Nearly the entire Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar—best known in history as the landing site of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521—has been placed under mining...
Group flags P192 million ‘ghost’ flood control project
In Eastern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY – A P192.3-million flood control project in Hernani, Eastern Samar has come under fire from concerned citizens who alleged that the infrastructure exists largely “on paper,” despite reports of an...