DPWH Revalidates Reports on 421 'Ghost' Projects

Back to zero? Faulty flood control coordinates mislead investigators

MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of government field investigators have wasted their efforts after being sent to incorrect locations of flood control projects across the country due to faulty data from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).  As a result, they now face the daunting task of revisiting around 10,000 projects they had already inspected. This is on top of thousands more that have yet to be inspected. “Because the location …

DPWH revalidates reports on 421 'ghost' projects

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is in the process of revalidating 421 out of 8,000 flood control projects earlier declared as non-existent or "ghost" projects.Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said on Monday that he ordered the revalidation following reports that former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan deliberately provided President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. incorrect grid coordinates, which led to a bloated count…

TULFO: UNITE DPWH FLOOD CONTROL MONITORING SYSTEMS

Senator Erwin Tulfo is pushing for a unified flood control project planning and monitoring system in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The vice chairperson of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee made the call after it was exposed that the grid coordinates generated by DPWH from the Multi-Year Programming and Scheduling (MYPS) and the Project and Contract Management Application (PCMA) to locate the ghost flood control projects in t…