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After decades of catastrophic storms and severe floods triggered by intense monsoon rains, some parts of the Philippines prove that flood control infrastructures can hold water — when done properly ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has so far found 252 non-existent or ghost projects across the country in its effort to help the Independent Commission for ...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said 252 out of 10,000 inspected flood control projects nationwide are nonexistent. AFP chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. attended the hearing of the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Deputy Minority Leader and Act Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Tuesday urged the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to investigate flood control projects ...

Partial view of the solar annular eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Santa Cruz province, Argentina on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Juan MABROMATA / AFP) A rare and spectacular celestial event will occur on ...

MANILA, Philippines — An estimated P180 billion has been lost to ghost flood control projects since 2016, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson on Wednesday, December 3. In a radio ...

Shocking probe finds hundreds of fully-paid ghost flood control projects from 2016 to 2025 Rescuers carry a resident past cars washed away by floods at the height of Typhoon Kalmaegi at a subdivision ...

(1st UPDATE) Calumpit has at least 37 flood control projects worth P2.18 billion all in all, a number that residents say they don’t quite feel as they continue to endure flooding every day BULACAN, ...

For retired justice Antonio Carpio, the PhilHealth and PDIC funds should be restored using money returned by those involved in the flood control scandal MANILA, Philippines – Funds from the Philippine ...

The Philippines has lost an estimated 42.3–118.5 billion Philippine pesos (US$713 million–2 billion) a year from flood control corruption since 2023. The scale of illegal wealth accrued by contractors ...

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Companies such as BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, L3Harris and ...