Acting on the expose of TGP Rep. Jose “Bong” Teves Jr., DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon has agreed to probe of the Bicol regional office’s allegedly irregular implementation of two road…
Month: September 2025
DPWH denied request for upstream dike:
Obi still vulnerable to flooding despite P1.1-B in dike projects
Most of the P1.1-billion worth of flood control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in barangay Obi, Caramoran were built along mountainside and sparsely populated farmlands,…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
PHYSICAL INJURIES
Our penal laws punish a person who injured or wounded another in accordance to the damage sustained by the victim. In order to determine the proper crime to be charged…
Bryce McIntyre:
Press Freedom and the State of Journalism in the Philippines
Bluntly put, press freedom in the Philippines today is deeply wounded but off life support. The Philippines ranks No. 116 out of 180 countries on the 2025 World Press Freedom…
Sacerdos in Aeternum (a priest forever) | Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla:
God’s Faithfulness in Our Fragility
Today my heart is full. Twenty-five years ago, I knelt before the altar and said my “yes” to the Lord. It was not a perfect yes—it trembled with fear and…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
An agrangay kan mga contratista
Magpoon ngonian hanggang sa taon dos mil veinte ocho, an mga puede na sanang mangontrata sa DPWH, Capitolyo pati mga municipio iyo an mga kaalyado kan mga gatukaw na bag-ong…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
Another fine, sunny day wasted by the DILG
Earning a congratulatory post on social media from the provincial government is Jeralyn Rodriguez of Bagamanoc after winning gold in the women’s 400-meter sprint at the Malaysia Open Athletics Championships…
Reforms should not be limited to DPWH
Politicians from both houses of Congress issued statements welcoming the appointment of former Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon as the new chief of the scandal-plagued Department of Public Works and Highways…