MANILA, Philippines — “Pinipilit buhayin yung patay.” (They’re trying to revive the dead.) This was how new Public Works and HighwaysSecretary Vince Dizon described the P96.5-million flood control ...

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 60 flood-control projects are currently under scrutiny, as they seem to fit into the category of “ghost projects,” Chair of Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Rodante ...

The alleged ghost flood control project in Bulacan that caught the ire of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was an allocation that the Department of Public Works and Highways proposed, and not ...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH) on Friday said that it has withheld the payments for ongoing projects involving at least two blacklisted contractors in light of the discovery that ...

MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Terry Ridon (Bicol Saro Party-list) said the delayed river wall project examined by the president in Bulacan, which was scheduled for construction in February, was not ...

PUBLIC Works Secretary Vince Dizon ordered the perpetual blacklisting of contractors Wawao Builders and SYMS Construction Trading following the discovery of ghost flood control projects in Bulacan ...

MANILA, Philippines — Hinatulan ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) na guilty si dating Bulacan 1st District Engineer Henry Alcantara sa kasong administratibo kaugnay ng mga ghost flood ...

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has sacked three engineers from the agency’s Bulacan First District Engineering Office (DEO) after uncovering irregularities in ...

(UPDATE) THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will conduct a tax fraud audit of contractors flagged for alleged irregularities in flood control projects, its top official said on Tuesday. “Should any ...

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MANILA -- The P96 million “ghost” flood control project in Barangay Sipat, Plaridel was an “insertion” made in the bicameral conference committee, according to House Infra Committee Co-Chair Terry ...

Finance chief Ralph Recto also says the economy may have grown faster if funding for flood control projects had been properly used MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy may have lost around P42 ...