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President Marcos Jr. says Discaya and nine others face non-bailable graft and malversation charges linked to an alleged ghost flood control project.

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The Ombudsman found probable cause to file malversation and graft charges against contractor Sarah Discaya and DPWH officials accused of certifying a P96.5-million revetment project as complete despite no actual construction.

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Flood works investigators slammed a “ghost project” in Davao Occidental on Wednesday after discovering that a concrete revetment project, which was fully paid three years ago, had just started construction last month.

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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck the coast off Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental at 1:08 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. 

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Nasa 6.1 magnitude na lindol ang yumanig sa Davao Occidental kahapon ng umaga.

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Local authorities have declared several roads and bridges in Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental impassable due to heavy rains caused by the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).

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President Marcos Jr. says Discaya and nine others face non-bailable graft and malversation charges linked to an alleged ghost flood control project.

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The Ombudsman found probable cause to file malversation and graft charges against contractor Sarah Discaya and DPWH officials accused of certifying a P96.5-million revetment project as complete despite no actual construction.

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Flood works investigators slammed a “ghost project” in Davao Occidental on Wednesday after discovering that a concrete revetment project, which was fully paid three years ago, had just started construction last month.

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Nasa 6.1 magnitude na lindol ang yumanig sa Davao Occidental kahapon ng umaga.

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Local authorities have declared several roads and bridges in Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental impassable due to heavy rains caused by the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).

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