Panay River News Today

The Philippines' Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is about to begin dredging activities on the Panay River, particularly at the mouth of the Cogon-Hamulauon River.

ENDORSED. The Western Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC 6) convenes Wednesday (May 4, 2022) to tackle issues related to the impact of Tropical Depression Agaton. The council re-endorsed the development of the Panay River Basin, one of the major rivers in Capiz.(Photo courtesy of Office of the Civil Defense 6) ILOILO CITY - The Western Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) is pushing for the phase-by-phase implementation of the ...

SEARCH AND RESCUE. Responders composed of various government agencies conduct search and rescue in Panit-an town after two motorized bancas with a total of 18 passengers capsized after being carried away by the strong water current on Wednesday (April 13, 2022). One of the missing passengers, Bianito Denosta, village councilor of Barangay Balatukan, Panit-an, is the brother of Antique Vice Governor Edgar Denosta.(Photo courtesy of Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office FB...

SWAMPED. The public market of the municipality of Pontevedra in Capiz is flooded as of 6 a.m. Tuesday (April 12, 2022). The Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) operations and warning officer Sean Villarruz said that flooding is reported in 156 barangays in one component city and 16 municipalities.(Photo courtesy of PDRRMO Capiz FB page) ILOILO CITY - The incessant rains brought about Tropical Depression Agaton since Monday has caused flooding in 156 barangays ...

ILOILO CITY — A multi-partite monitoring team (MMT) has been created for the proposed construction of a mega-dam in Capiz province. This was after the National Irrigation Administration recently initiated the signing of agreement for the Panay River Basin Integrated Development Project (PRBIDP). T

‘Build, Build, Build’ enters legacy-building stage May 11, 2021 | 12:04 am Reporter HEADING into its final year in office, the government will have tweaked the “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program multiple times to favor those projects with the best chance of being even partially completed before President Rodrigo R. Duterte steps down. Starting with 75 big-ticket projects at its launch in 2017, the P8.4-trillion flagship infrastructure program was meant to address the Phili...

Friday, 29 January 2021, 4:47 pm Tumanduk chairperson Roy Giganto was among the nine farmers killed in Panay province, Central Philippines last December 30. Before the massacre, they had opposed and delayed the progress on the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project Mega Dam, a joint project of the Philippine and Korean governments that is feared to displace at least 17,000 indigenous Tumandok. (Composite image: PANAP) PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) joins the Global Day of Condemnation of the Tumandok Ma...