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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 18 — a bill passed unanimously in the second-called special session that would remove bureaucratic “red tape” when repairing flood-control ...

Two former Philippine government engineers have told a televised inquiry that most flood control projects, road and other infrastructures they helped oversee in recent years in a province near the ...

The latest phase will extend flood protection beyond Napa’s downtown, adding new walls near Lincoln Avenue and shielding more than 2,000 households.

The Council of Concerned Citizens (C-3), a newly-formed anti-corruption group here, aims to secure the records of all flood ...

Plans to head off catastrophic flooding in the Ross Valley are progressing, if at a trickle. The San Anselmo Town Council meeting on Sept. 2 included an update on the county effort to remove “Building ...

Thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in Manila to express their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Rage over ...

MANILA, Philippines — Two Philippine senators were implicated Tuesday in a massive corruption scandal involving flood-control projects that is being investigated by Congress and the government and has ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense and military chiefs rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in response to public ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A wealthy business couple Monday identified several Philippine congressmen and public works officials, alleging they forced them to pay huge kickbacks so they could secure ...