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DPWH flood project with 66 'phases' flagged in QC

The Philippine Star

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August 30, 2025

The Quezon City government has flagged various anomalies in flood control projects implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), including one with at least "66 phases" funded in the last four years.

- JANVIC MATEO

"I am convinced that there are anomalous projects," Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a press briefing yesterday, where she bared the initial findings of their assessment of DPWH flood control projects in the city. Among those she cited was a project called "Rehabilitation of San Juan River," which the city government discovered to have been broken down into 66 phases.

Twenty phases of these projects were tagged as completed in the "Sumbong sa Pangulo" website, with costs ranging from P18.5 million to P92.6 million.

DPWH records confirmed notices of award for subsequent phases of the same project, with the latest — Phase LXVI or 66 — amounting to P145.5 million.

Belmonte said the specifics of the project were unclear.

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