By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte called on Filipinos to demand transparency from the Department of Public Works and Highways, stressing that accountability should not rest solely on lawmakers. Rep. Duterte said in a statement on Monday evening, September 15, that genuine oversight must involve the public, not…
Photo courtesy: AP “Sworn to Protect, Yet Serving the Corrupt” It is clearly mandated under Section 3 of the Constitution that civilian authority is, at all times, supreme over the military, and that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shall be the “protector of the people and the State”. This is not a mere…
Sen.. Christopher “Bong” Go underscored the importance of Republic Act No. 12246, which declares March 7 of every year a special working holiday in the Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte, to commemorate its foundation day. Go, one of the authors of the measure, said the law reflects the city’s vibrant local identity…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte has pressed government officials to come clean on alleged ghost flood control projects, saying taxpayers nationwide deserve to know how they used the public funds. In a statement over the weekend, Rep. Duterte stressed that Davaoeños, like other Filipinos, contribute to the…
In Photo: R. A. Pahati Construction & Supply Company started reconstructing the ₱86.5 -million flood control project following DPWH Sec. Vinzons warning he will haul everyone involved in anomalous construction to Court. The project was earlier reported as completed with a rating of “Very Satisfactory”. By Oliver Autor Asuncion, Davao del Norte – The series of…
For those asking, this happened in Mawab, Davao de Oro. The people here are now paying the price of corruption, negligence, and impunity. Despite DPWH Region XI’s denial, the Philippine Anti-Corruption Czar (PACC) confirmed that the collapsed ₱53.3-million flood-control project in Barangay Poblacion is nothing less than a scandal that demands a full investigation. Just…
* For Dedicated Public Service Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, Chairperson of the Senate Committees on Health, on Sports and on Youth, expressed gratitude as he received the Asia’s Modern Leader Award for Dedicated Public Service during the Asia’s Modern Hero Awards 2025 held on September 5 at Okada Manila in Parañaque City. In a video…
The anti- Duterte propagandists some of them pretending to be political analysts are in full throttle to divert the issues surfounding the ghost and substandard flood control projects and the hundreds of billions of pesos paid to at least 15 contractors. They made a big issue of ₱51-billion infrastructure budget for Davao City’s District 1…
At the rate Department of Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon is going, it is not farfetched that his probe into the ghosts and substandard flood control projects has already started in Visayas and Mindanao. Sources who begged not to be identified, disclosed that there are indications that information gathering activities are already ongoing prior to…
The anguish of ordinary Filipinos left to watch their only possessions sink in floodwaters became a central point of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go’s intervention during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Monday, September 1. To drive the point home, the senator cited a viral video that captured public attention online. The footage showed a…
