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PHP 102 million proposed for Iloilo City flood master plan

ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has proposed PHP 102 million for an Iloilo City flood control master plan under its 2027 budget. The proposed allocation is included in the 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) under support to operations for the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and improvement

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BACOLOD CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority-Negros Occidental has convened Community-Based Monitoring System coordinating boards in Binalbagan and Cadiz City as the two local governments prepare for the full implementation of the 2027 CBMS. In Binalbagan, the PSA convened the municipal CBMS coordinating board on July 30, 2026, to discuss members’ roles and responsibilities and

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NCCA, UNESCO challenge teachers to turn living heritage into classroom lessons

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is inviting Grade 7 to 12 teachers across the Philippines to participate in the Bringing Living Heritage into the Classroom (BLHC) in the Philippines: National Competition on Lesson Plan Development with submissions accepted until

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Fifty-one barangays went underwater on August 17. In the hardest-hit areas — Calubihan and Sambag, Jaro — the people directing the evacuations were running on empty as their electoral mandate expired last December. When the operations center issued the rainfall advisory, local disaster committees in Jaro and Mandurriao had to decide when to call for

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