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In early June 2025, the House of Peoples' Representatives unanimously approved the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Proclamation. First introduced to parliament on March 18, the proclamation called ...
The end of colonisation did not dismantle the BBC’s operation – the style was already embedded in the broadcasting system.
When Ethiopia first laid the foundation stone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in April 2011, few could have anticipated how profoundly it would come to symbolise not only national pride ...
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson has linked an incumbent congressman to flood control projects allegedly funded through “congressional insertions.” In a privilege speech on Wednesday, Lacson ...
The name of a member of the House of Representatives figured in the privileged speech Sen. Panfilo Lacson delivered on Wednesday to present findings on alleged irregularities in the construction of ...
MANILA, Philippines — One of the Top 15 contractors that bagged the bulk of the country’s flood control projects under the Marcos administration had a paid-up capital equivalent to only a small ...
MANILA, Philippines — Politicians – including lawmakers – are the ones who have profited most from substandard and non-existent flood control projects, in collusion with private contractors and ...
EVEN as House leaders have joined calls for a full investigation of past flood-control projects that failed, former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Sunday said lawmakers are not the best parties ...
Every year, raging floods tear through cities, killing thousands, wiping out homes, and costing billions in destruction. But hidden beneath our feet and rising along our rivers are colossal structures ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has carved out P274.9 billion to tackle the country’s flood problems. The DBM told Philstar.com that a total of P274.926 billion has ...
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.