MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives has started its deliberations on the P881 billion budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways amid increasing scrutiny of the anomalous flood control projects hounding the agency.
House tackles P881B public works budget amid flood control anomalies, This news data comes from:http://dgrw-fq-vfj-ijly.xs888999.com
Present were Public Works Secretary Vivencio Dizon and several undersecretaries.
Appropriations Committee Chairman and Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Suansing vowed for a comprehensive review of the DPWH's budget and explained that she would like to tie in flood control projects using Project NOAH (National Operational Assessment of Hazards) of the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute.
- UK's mass facial-recognition roll-out alarms rights groups
- Pasig fire kills child, injures mother as she tries to save him
- DPWH engineer in bribery scandal placed under preventive suspension
- PH, Australia, Canada hold joint sea drills
- Indonesian finance minister's home looted as protest anger grows
- Argentina hunts Nazi-looted painting revealed in property ad
- N. Korea test-fires two 'new' air defense missiles
- DILG denies claims ex-PNP chief ousted over firearms purchase
- LPA may still develop into short-lived tropical cyclone
- Palace: Govt monitoring Chinese sleeper agents, PLA presence in PH
