Citing multiple red flags in the proposed 2026 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways, senators are exploring ways to defund questionable items, including the possibility of returning the proposal to the agency for revision.
A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer admitted that he did not inspect the P55-million river wall project in Bulacan that was not done at all.
Nearly a percent of around 1,600 flood control projects are considered missing, or their locations still to be determined, former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan says.
A party-list representative and former chairperson of the appropriations committee has requested P13 billion in projects for other districts, Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco said on Tuesday, Sept. 2, as the House of Representatives kicked off its investigation on questionable flood control projects.
India plans to increase pharmaceutical exports to Russia, the Netherlands and Brazil, according to two industry sources aware of the matter, aiming to expand its presence beyond the United States, its largest market, amid tariff-related concerns.
At least 1,000 people were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the mountainous Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region of Sudan, leaving only one survivor, the armed group that controls the area said early on Tuesday.
From 40, to 28, and down to only two — the number of luxury vehicles found by customs authorities parked in a controversial government contractor’s business compound in Pasig City.
Swiss coffee machine maker Thermoplan was a small family firm until it rode the wave of late 1990s globalisation to become a key supplier for Starbucks SBUX.O and created more than 500 jobs in a lakeside village by the Alps.
Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong said his campaign to expose alleged corruption in the government’s flood control projects is not driven by politics but by a desire to secure the country’s future, even as he faces threats to his life.
Indonesian police have fired tear gas into crowds of protesters near two universities in a major regional city, student bodies and authorities said on Tuesday, adding new tensions to deadly protests that have rocked the country since last week.
The country is reviving its shipbuilding industry as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, inaugurated a Korean shipbuilding facility in Subic, Zambales.
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said he is willing to be part of an independent commission that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. plans to create to investigate alleged irregularities in government infrastructure projects.
The plot thickens on the hot button billions in government project corruption as a mayor advocating good governance said the irregularity is present as well in the government solar streetlight project.
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon says the flood control mess did not solely begin in the current administration – with some failed projects originating from previous leaderships.
The U.S. Open's Labour Day Monday largely belonged to the underdogs, as Naomi Osaka and Felix Auger-Aliassime delivered commanding performances that carried them back to Grand Slam quarter-finals after years in the wilderness.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will host his country's largest-ever military parade this week, as he seeks to recast Beijing as the custodian of a post-U.S. international order at a time of deep geopolitical uncertainty.
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers will be without guard Forthsky Padrigao in their UAAP Season 88 opening match against the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons due to his ejection in the Final Four of Season 87.
The Cybersecurity Council of the Philippines (CSCP) successfully hosted Secure Horizons 2025 last August 20 in Manila, bringing together top government officials, industry experts, and thought leaders to tackle the nation’s most pressing cybersecurity challenges.
Ukrainian parents, keen to have their children attend normal classes more than three years after the full-scale invasion byRussia, started the school year on Monday by sending their children underground.
In a show of solidarity with the aggressors in Europe's worst war in 80 years, China's Xi Jinping will convene with his Russian and North Korean counterparts for the first time as Donald Trump and other Western leaders watch on.
A new wave of TikTok videos is pulling back the curtain on the lifestyles of the children of powerful families in the Philippines, turning flashy posts into evidence of privilege built on corruption.
Every year on September 2, World Coconut Day is celebrated to honor the “tree of life” and its countless contributions to health, culture, and livelihood
Lav Diaz’s historical drama ‘Magellan’ has been selected as the Philippines’ official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards in 2026.
Controversial contractor Sarah Discaya admitted before the Senate that her family owns nine construction firms, some of which have at times bid for the same government projects.
The executive branch is casting a wider net in its scrutiny of anomalous and bogus contracts for flood control infrastructure. The probe now also covers the board that screens businesses that can qualify as contractors for state-funded projects: the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB).
A major Cabinet shake-up has catapulted Giovanni Lopez to the helm of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), after the transfer of Vince Dizon to the beleaguered Public Works Department.
Pope Leo gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent U.S. priest who ministers to LGBT Catholics on Monday, in a possible sign the new pontiff will continue the late Pope Francis' legacy of opening up the Church to the gay community.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will sit down with new Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon for a review of projects as Congress digs deep into so-called ghost flood control infrastructure.
Thirty one contractors donated to the campaign kitty of 31 candidates in the 2022 general poll, possibly violating the Omnibus Election Code, the Commission Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, Sept. 1.
Newly appointed Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered all senior officials of the agency to submit courtesy resignations as part of a sweeping anti-corruption drive and vowed to impose lifetime blacklisting on contractors behind ghost and substandard projects.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he will issue an executive order creating an independent commission to investigate alleged corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), including questionable insertions in the proposed 2026 budget.
SMC Asia Car Distributors Corporation (SMCACD), the exclusive distributor of BMW vehicles in the Philippines, has appointed Jacob Ang as its new President, effective September 1, 2025, according to a statement from SMC Media Affairs.
The biggest party in Thailand's parliament was due to meet on Monday to decide whom it will back to form the next government, as two rival camps jostled for its votes following the sacking of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister last week.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged leaders at a regional summit to leverage their "mega-scale market" on Monday, while Russian President Vladimir Putin showed support for Xi's ambition for a new global security and economic order that poses a challenge to the United States.
One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels raided United Nations offices in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday and detained at least 11 U.N. personnel, the body said.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will need an additional P9 billion to conduct the postponed Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) next year, poll body chairman George Garcia said on Monday, Sept. 1.
Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia.
The Philippine government has rejected China’s travel advisory warning of rising security risks in the country, saying the notice misrepresents the situation.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the awarding of the first batch of beneficiaries under the Turismo Asenso Loan Program, a financing initiative aimed at supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism sector.
The Philippine government says no Filipino citizen has been reported harmed in the ongoing protests in Indonesia, which have spiraled into some of the most violent unrest the country has seen in decades.
