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Agency proudly displays plaque for a project that exists only in the budget document The Department of Public Works and Highways was honored this week with a newly created award for Excellence in Fictional Infrastructure, recognizing a flood control project in Bulacan that, according to satellite imagery, engineering inspectors, and basically everyone who has ever …

Officials say the transition is ‘proceeding smoothly,’ a phrase now printed on commemorative mugs The long-running jeepney modernization program marked its eleventh year this week with a small ceremony celebrating what officials called “sustained, meaningful progress,” despite the program’s original two-year completion estimate having expired nine years ago. A Timeline, Revised Again “We are in …

Lawmakers cite a chart that market vendors say bears no resemblance to their actual shelves A congressional committee declared this week that rice prices across the country remain “generally stable,” a conclusion market vendors, home cooks, and basically anyone who has purchased rice in the past six months describe as difficult to reconcile with their …

Commuters told to consider gridlock ‘an opportunity for stillness’ by newly formed wellness task force A newly formed metropolitan wellness task force has designated daily EDSA gridlock as an “official opportunity for mindfulness practice,” encouraging commuters to reframe hours spent motionless in traffic as a form of accessible, government-endorsed meditation. Turning A Problem Into A …

Campaign promise remains technically unfulfilled but symbolically very present A barangay captain in Metro Manila secured a fourth consecutive term this week after running a campaign built almost entirely around a single, still-unrepaired pothole located directly outside the local basketball court, a promise first made twelve years and three elections ago. A Campaign Built On …