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Duterte orders Task Force Bangon Marawi to 'race against time' to rebuild ruined city

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 08:00 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday challenged the task force leading the efforts to rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi to "race against time" and accelerate its efforts to "bring the families back home." Read more »

Marawi rehabilitation a 'failure,' says civic leader

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 05:55 PM

The rehabilitation of Marawi City is a "failure," civic leader Samira Gutoc said Friday ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte's final State of the Nation Address.  Read more »

Manila launches robot-assisted rehab program

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 07:29 PM

The city government is paying P40 million annual for the rental of the Hybrid Assistive Limb devices, according to the Manila PIO.   Read more »

4 taon na: Mga 'bakwit' ng Marawi siege may hiling sa pamahalaan

Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 08:25 PM

Marami sa mga bahay at gusali pa rin ang nakatiwangwang at mukha pa ring dumaan sa giyera. Read more »

Lawmakers urged to prioritize passage of Marawi compensation bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 08:35 AM

Marawi City Mayor Mahul Gandamra on Monday called on lawmakers to prioritize the passage of the Marawi compensation bill, which he said would help residents build back their lives.   Read more »

Former ARMM official: Gov't failed to meet rehabilitation deadlines for Marawi City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 03:26 PM

A former ARMM official said that poverty level there is still high, while socioeconomic and political "disorder" lingered 4 years after the siege.  Read more »

Atienza says Manila Bay waters ‘several times filthier’ since 1999

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 05:36 PM

Buhay party-list representative Lito Atienza on Sunday said that the waters of Manila Bay are now “several times filthier” compared to 22 years ago, when concerned residents first launched a civil action that eventually led to a Supreme Court order forcing 13 agencies to clean up the inlet. Read more »

Cimatu says DENR might not meet target completion date of Manila baywalk rehab

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 01:35 AM

MANILA - Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu admitted Wednesday his department may not be able to meet its target date of completion of the Manila baywalk rehabilitation, after he inspected the area during the second anniversary of the program. Read more »

Megawide confirms NAIA rehab bid rejected by gov't

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 12:51 PM

The Filipino Indian consortium seeking to rehabilitate the Philippines' main gateway confirmed on Tuesday that the government has turned down its appeal to keep the group's original proponent status (OPS).  Read more »

Government may do NAIA rehab itself says Finance chief

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 04:02 PM

The government may undertake the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport itself following failed bids from the private sector, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Megawide appeals to restore original proponent status for NAIA rehab

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 21 05:40 PM

The Filipino-Indian consortium bidding to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport is appealing the revocation of its original proponent status (OPS), according to a document obtained on Monday by ABS-CBN News.  Read more »

Megawide must be allowed to lead NAIA rehab, says Poe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 03:00 AM

The chair of the Senate committee on public services added her voice to several business groups who believe the construction firm should be allowed to rehabilitate NAIA. Read more »

SMC submits offer to operate, maintain NAIA amid rehab delay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 11:05 PM

SMC's Ramon Ang told ABS-CBN News his company would only commit to handling the operations and maintenance of the Philippines' main gateway, not its planned rehabilitation. Read more »

MIAA urged to justify dropping Megawide as original proponent in NAIA rehab

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 04:30 PM

An infrastructure think tank said Wednesday the government should justify its revocation of the original proponent status (OPS) of Megawide in the bidding for the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.  Read more »

Robredo, partner group raise P71 million for typhoon victims

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 03:02 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday her office and its partner group Kaya Natin raised some P71 million for typhoon victims. Read more »

OVP sets deadline for donations, to focus on rehab of typhoon-hit areas

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 07:47 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday the fund-raising campaign of her office and its partner group Kaya Natin would accept cash donations until Monday and in-kind donations until Saturday as it moved towards rehabilitation of typhoon-hit areas. Read more »

Palace says Marawi folk can return home, no truth to reported bar on displaced

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 08:52 PM

Residents of Marawi can return home, Malacañang said Tuesday, after a non-government organization claimed that the war-torn city's people have yet to find true liberation 3 years since its terrorist siege.  Read more »

Duterte says 'might take some time' more to rebuild Marawi

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 10:12 PM

Three years since the liberation of Marawi from terrorists, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that the government "might take some time" more before it could rebuild the southern city, the pace of which was criticized by some residents.  Read more »

Palace: Duterte 'satisfied' with Marawi rehab but faster pace will be 'appreciated'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 07:54 PM

While President Rodrigo Duterte is "satisfied" with the ongoing rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi, he will "appreciate" a quicker pace, his spokesman said Monday, following complaints from some residents of the southern Philippine city, 3 years after its liberation from terrorists.  Read more »

Robredo commemorates Marawi 'liberation': Equitable, inclusive progress needed for rehab

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 12:24 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday equitable and inclusive progress must be achieved for the people of Marawi three years after its liberation from Islamic State-inspired terrorists.  Read more »