Residents and local groups are calling on the national government to conduct an honest-to-goodness investigation on the anomalies hobbling bridge projects in the city.
The floodwaters are expected to continue to rise as the National Irrigation Administration said that the dam only reduced its gate openings by a meter with an estimated discharge of 833 cubic meters per second from as high as a thousand.
“Workers are not typhoon-proof — their safety and their families’ well-being must come first,” IOHSaD said.
Supertyphoon Uwan (Fung-Wong) has exited Luzon after slamming into Aurora province and parts of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos regions, leaving behind two casualties.
Conti maintained that even without a formal announcement against dela Rosa, an arrest warrant “is certain from what victims know and what the prosecution has presented.”
Unprogrammed appropriations were a magnet for corruption, a source of billions in kickbacks for legislators and other officials.
“He is directly accountable for these projects and must acknowledge and explain why these failed to mitigate the devastation,” Tinio said.
“While it was right for the court to recognize the invalid arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, it is deeply unjust that the same principle was not applied to Chakoy (Abinguna), especially since the charges against them stem from the same trumped up charges of murder and attempted murder,” Palabay said.
She used her prophetic voice to speak out against large-scale mining, misogyny and patriarchy, corruption in government, the continuing state of unpeace, and the US’ domination and control in the country.
The group Climate Rights International (CRI), in its report BROKEN PROMISES: Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses and Increases Climate Vulnerability said the sufferings caused to affected communities undermine the credibility of the world’s growing love affair with EVs and so-called transition to “clean energy.”
