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July 25, 2024

Pasig bridge hit by barges closed for damage check, repair

MANILA: The F. Manalo Bridge in Pasig City was temporarily closed after it was hit by barges swept by the strong current of the Marikina River on Wednesday at the height of bad weather caused by Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon.

‘Thi…

DBM: Over P11-B calamity fund still available

MANILA: More than PHP11 billion or still half of the government’s calamity fund for 2024 is at its disposal as the country reels from the effects of Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat.

According to the Department Budget and …

CREATE law attracts P1.2-T investments

MANILA: More than 1,200 projects with total investments of over PHP1.2 trillion have so far been approved under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act as of end-June this year.

In a recent Facebook post, the Department…

PBBM wants flood control project designs reexamined amid floods

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday stressed the need to ‘relook’ and ‘reexamine’ the designs of flood control infrastructures as thousands bore the brunt of the southwest monsoon or habagat intensified by Typhoon ‘Carina.’

Marcos m…