Ace Aguirre was just two bites into his oatmeal on the morning of November 4 when he noticed something strange: mud had seeped onto the living room floor of his bungalow in Cotcot, a village in the ...
One clear diagnosis from this year’s corruption scandal is the lack of science in planning and designing flood control ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president and Congress have begun looking into possibly massive corruption in flood control projects that may implicate public works officials and engineers, ...
A council said it will spend £25,225 to replace two flood defence panels after they were vandalised. The glass panels were damaged after being installed in 2023 at Lowestoft South Pier, Suffolk. East ...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is making calls for transparency after a Monday audit showed the Harris County Flood Control District allegedly failed to implement a reformed procurement process for ...
Over P115 billion was found to have been allocated for “shadow” flood control projects this year, according to a study by the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration ...
Judge Lina Hidalgo called for renewed scrutiny of the Harris County Flood Control District after a recent audit found transparency issues in its contracting process. The audit, which was published Oct ...
The Commission was formed after deadly floods in 1971 and 1973, and continues its work to mitigate flood risks. The Army Corps of Engineers is working on flood control projects, with $700 million ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the completion of 5,000 flood control projects nationwide. But the flooding that followed Typhoon Carina—striking during and after his speech that year—cast ...