Romualdez claims on issue of overpriced FMRs

Former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Representative Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has denied allegations that farm-to-market road (FMR) projects in his district were overpriced, asserting that the contracts were “fully validated” by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

'Technically justified'

Politics overshadowing governance

Politics in San Pedro City, Laguna has always mirrored the larger national scene: colorful, contentious, and driven as much by personalities as by policies.

2028 elections color today’s politics 

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) calls it a “lifeline” for Tacloban: a 2.56-kilometer causeway made to cut the travel time short from Magsaysay Boulevard in Tacloban's downtown area to Kataisan Point at the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, spanning across Cancabato Bay.

Billions, Bay, and Co

Lagunenses scramble to prepare for the “Big One”

Over three thousand deaths in one city alone. Not to mention the potential damage to various infrastructures that will effectively paralyze the local economy and cause even more casualties for months to come.

ARE WE SAFE?

Mayor Gel Alonte bares programs, achievements in his first 100 days

“Ang ating lungsod ay natatangi dahil sa ating malasakit, sa ating dangal, at sa ating pagmamahalan bilang isang komunidad. Kaya muli kong ibinabalik sa inyo ang pangakong ito: tatlong taon ng ‘Tatak Gel,’ ng Galing at Epektibong Lingkod.”

Lingkod na may Pagmamahal

What was supposed to be a lifeline for farmers is fast becoming a lightning rod for controversy as a ₱10-billion discrepancy in farm-to-market road (FMR) projects has thrown the spotlight on how public funds are being spent, and whether some of these “development” roads are actually leading straight into private pockets.

Farm-to-Pocket Road?

Biñan City PESO, BPLO garner national awards

For ordinary Filipinos, a Public Employment Service Office (PESO) can be considered as simply a “state recruiter,” serving as a bridge between employers and jobseekers.


Business and LGU: Partners in growth

TACLOBAN CITY — When K5 News reporter Carol Medino raised her camera outside the gates of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office 8 in Palo, Leyte, she did not expect to be stopped.

DPWH Allergic to Local Press?

If, as the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention, then OpinYon was borne out of a necessity to change the game in Philippine media.

OpinYon: Strong at 15!

After months of anticipation, the Biliran Bridge, one of Eastern Visayas’ most vital links, has finally reopened to all types of vehicles, restoring the island province’s main connection to the mainland of Leyte.

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