Photo courtesy: Philippine Army The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that devastated northeastern Cebu, with Bogo City as its epicenter, left unimaginable destruction—homes reduced to rubble, livelihoods crushed, and lives tragically lost. The ground may have stopped shaking, but the pain and despair of the victims remain. And yet, what compounds their suffering is not just the disaster…
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…
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…
When truth threatens power, it is never confronted with courage. Instead, it is smothered, twisted, and drowned under a carefully orchestrated noise machine. This is exactly what we see in the ongoing investigations in the Senate and the House of Representatives, where corruption in flood control projects and budget insertions should have been exposed with…
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…
Manuel Bonoan can be anything but not as Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways . Under questioning from Sen. Marcoleta he admitted that there were ghost flood control projects which cost taxpayers billions of pesos. He knew who are the crooks behind the grand heist but not until he testified in the…
Photo courtesy: RTVM Malacanang through its spokesperson, Kler Castro, is into passing the buck pastime. Trying to be smart in an attempt to shield her boss from the magma of problems the administration is facing, she quipped that the travels of Vice President Sara Duterte will not solve the problem of the country. With that…
Davao City 3rd District Representative Isidro T. Ungab graphic expose’ on the 2025 budget insertions in the enrolled bill during the bicameral deliberations has stirred a hornets nest. Take note that while the proposed GAA is still with the High Court expenditures based on the same have been going on in high gear unmindful of…
We will not count much in the Presidential promise that heads will roll in the colossal corruption behind the unaccountable 5,499 multi-billion pesos flood control projects. The involvement of so many congressmen and, who knows, members of the cabinet and Palace subalterns cannot be ignored that to subject them to guillotine will leave President BongBong…
Photo courtesy: (Robinson Niñal Jr./ PNA ) One of the most beautiful coastal boulevards in the world is that of Davao City. A little over 17 kilometers it was contracted by the government in 2018 and awarded to a joint venture of Wee Eng Construction, Inc and Hi-View Resources and Development Corporation at the cost…
