MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government has released a list of 331 Department of Public Works and Highways flood control projects that the DPWH implemented in the city since 2022, including ...

MANILA, Philippines — There is zero provision for new locally-funded flood control projects in the 2026 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways, as the agency debunked reports that P2.49 ...

The number of alleged "ghost" flood management projects in the country has increased to 472, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday. At the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing ...

The national government has aggressively ramped up its flood mitigation efforts following direct orders from President ...

Sans science, flood control risks more corruption. Bless Aubrey Ogerio; November 1, 2025; 3 minute read; A flood control ...

MANILA, Philippines — Amid public indignation over flood control facilities, proposed funding for flood control projects for 2026 has been trimmed by almost P72 billion, to P274.9 billion from this ...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has slashed its 2026 proposed budget by P255 billion — from P881 billion to P625 billion — following a line-by-line review to ensure that it is ...

THE members of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division expressed dismay over the testimony of Department of Public Works and ...

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 ...

Since 2023, a significant portion of the Philippines’ climate-tagged flood control budget has been exposed to alleged misappropriation, with losses potentially exceeding US$ 19 billion. In 2025 alone, ...