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‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects by Karlston Lapniten on 26 February 2021 For more than five decades, Indigenous communities in the northern Philippines have pushed back against the planned construction of hydropower dams on the Chico River system. The river is of great importance to Indigenous communities in the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, who call it their “river of life” and have depended on it for generations. The Upper Tabuk and Karayan dams have been proposed in some form or another since the 1970s, but are now backed by co...

February 17, 2021 | 7:21 pm Font Size PHILSTAR THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Wednesday that dredging in three parts of the Marikina River identified as priority areas will be substantially complete by the end of April. The dredging works are expected to improve the flow of the Marikina River and minimize the flooding risk after its waters rose during the typhoons that hit the country late last year. The DPWH is helping the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) rehabilitate the Marikina River basin. “By the end of April, we will see a signi...

MANILA, Feb. 17 -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines has conducted a review meeting to discuss activity progress, implementation challenges and the action plan for projects under JICA portfolio.  In his report to Secretary Mark A. Villar, Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Emil K. Sadain said that the meeting with JICA Philippines officials led by Chief Representative Azukizawa Eigo, provided the opportunity for review and assessment of Japan-assisted key on-going and new pi...

Cagayan River dredging starts February 4, 2021, by Eldin Ganic Department of Transportation Secretary, Arthur Tugade, joined Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, Roy Cimatu, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary, Mark Villar, and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary, Silvestre Bello III, in launching the Cagayan River Restoration project in Lal-lo, Cagayan on Tuesday, 2 February 2021.  Commenting the latest news, Cimatu said that the restoration of the Cagayan River will not only entail d...

Published February 4, 2021, 6:00 AM Rio Grande de Cagayan is the longest and largest river in the Philippines. Popularly known as the Cagayan River, its total length is 505 kilometers traversing the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, and Nueva Viscaya. For several decades now, Region 2 or the Cagayan Valley region ,has been suffering from floods. Late last year, Isabela and Cagayan were both devastated after the onslaught of two succeeding super-typhoons when massive volumes of rainwater were released from Magat Dam straddling the boundaries of three provinces. The dam drains down to the...