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Re-posting this again for this year's Habagat: Why did we abandon traditional Filipino architectural designs for our climate?

As someone from Rizal and frequents the area around Pasig, Marikina, Taytay and Cainta — I notice so many of the old buildings, houses and municipal/barangay buildings are intentionally built on stilts or are heavily elevated with their foundations.

Being flooded every Habagat isn't a problem — as we can see with the Spanish colonial administrators that clearly had to deal with as they were forced to build a lot of things on higher ground. Marikina, Pasig and Cainta rivers never played nice with the residences since forever.

The frustrating part is that we already have a way to dealing with floods and urban design for hundreds of years. But somewhere during the post WW2 reconstruction and building boom we somehow for some reason forgot what our ancestors learned living in this tropical nation.

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“𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐎𝐘 𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐎𝐘 𝐍𝐀”: 𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏’𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐍-𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐑𝐓-𝟏 𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐈Ñ𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has secured the Villar Group of Companies' agreement to the former’s non-negotiable terms for the donation of the two mortgaged parcels of land needed for the construction of the Las Piñas station of the LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed the DOTr to fast-track the resolution of issues surrounding the project to ensure that commuters can benefit from it at the earliest possible time.

In a meeting with Transportation Secretary Banoy Lopez on Friday, representatives of the Villar Group of Companies agreed to DOTr’s three non-negotiable terms for the donation of the land: the granting of an unconditional permit to enter, the waiver of subrogation against the government, and the cancellation of the mortgage on the property to be donated.

“This development is good for DOTr, LRMC (Light Rail Manila Corporation, LRTA (Light Rail Transit Authority) and the Villar Group, but best for the commuting public. Itong pagkakasundo natin, talagang commuters ang pangunahing makikinabang, at ‘yun naman talaga dapat ang priority natin,” Secretary Lopez said.

Six parcels of land are to be donated by the Villar Group, two of which are mortgaged.

The Villar Group said the cancellation of the mortgaged properties will be processed within the next six months. It also said the replacement of properties for the two mortgaged parcels of land has already been identified to facilitate the release of the land to be donated.

The company expressed confidence that the necessary agreements for the land donation including the Memorandum of Agreement, Right-of-Way Acquisition Agreement, and Deed of Donation will be signed within the month, paving the way for construction works to commence as early as next year.

“Nagpapasalamat ang DOTr sa Villar Group of Companies dahil sa inyong cooperation para mapabilis natin itong proseso. Ang laging bilin sa atin ng Pangulo, dapat mapakinabangan na ng commuters ‘yung mga transport projects natin sa lalong madaling panahon at resolbahin na rin ang mga dapat ayusin,” the transport chief said.

Meanwhile, LRMC President and Chief Executive Officer Enrico Benipayo, who was also present at the meeting, witnessed the government's seriousness and urgency in resolving the remaining issues, noting that thousands of commuters would have been affected had the agreement to build the Las Piñas station was not reached.

“I see that there’s this urgency from the government to provide relief for passengers. And on the part of the Villars (Group of Companies) there’s a good sign that they’re talking to the grantors in good faith. With this milestone, I think a major hurdle has been finished,” he said.

Also present in the meeting were DOTr Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan, Assistant Secretary for Railways Eduardo Danilo Macabulos, LRTA Administrator Atty. Hernando Cabrera, LRMC Chief Technical Advisor Scott Anderson, and Cavite Extension Project Execution Manager Carlos Tan.

#DOTrPH🇵🇭

#BagongPilipinas

👀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝟱!

🚇 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

📍 under McKinley Parkway, between Ayala Malls Market Market and Serendra

🏗 436 meters long and 30 meters deep

🚶🏻‍♀️ Three entrances (one at Serendra and two at Market! Market!)

🚇 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

📍 beneath 11th Avenue – Uptown Parade Parking Lot

🏗 242 meters long and 40 meters deep

🌊 first subway station south of the Pasig River

A milestone infrastructure for commuter mobility, the Metro Manila Subway Project advances our transition toward greener and more sustainable public transport. 🇵🇭

#MetroManilaSubway

#KomyuterMuna

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From a DOTr Document 📸

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Tinutulan ni Sen. Risa Hontiveros ang binabalak itulak na nuclear energy program ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.

Maki-Balita: https://balita.mb.com.ph/2026/07/28/sen-risa-tutol-sa-nuclear-power-na-ibinida-ni-pbbm-sa-sona/

#Balita

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. renewed his call to revive the nuclear energy program in his fifth State of the Nation Address, citing the country’s energy crisis. He said nuclear power could help secure energy supplies and lower electricity costs.

Details here.

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Read it here: https://bilyonaryo.com/2026/07/23/slated-for-2028-opening-villar-donates-land-for-lrt-1-cavite-extension-to-clear-right-of-way-hurdle/infrastructure/

Wanted to experiment with building design and different materials then ended up with this. I prefer building random stuff than finishing the game in minecraft fyi.