Tag: Rural Infrastructure
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Gulf Country Braces for Weeks of Isolation as Queensland Faces Recurring Flood Threat
Heavy rainfall returns to Queensland’s Gulf Country As floodwaters recede in parts of north-western Queensland, residents in the Gulf Country are bracing for another round of heavy rainfall and potential flash flooding. The latest forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warn that weeks of isolation could follow if rain patterns persist, threatening already strained…
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Man Who Saved the Last Phone Box in His Village: Derek Harris
Introduction The village peninsula is tiny in footprint but large in heart. When the call came that the last red phone box might fall to BT’s closure plans, the community mobilized. At the center of this quiet reform was Derek Harris, a longtime resident who stepped up to save a symbol many villagers still rely…
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DA Finds Ghost Farm-to-Market Roads in Mindanao
What are ghost farm-to-market roads? Ghost farm-to-market roads (FMRs) refer to projects that appear in planning and budget documents but either do not exist on the ground or fail to meet the stated standards. In Mindanao, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has flagged such cases as part of a broader audit into alleged corruption in…
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DA Probes Ghost Farm-to-Market Roads in Mindanao as Audit Expands
Overview: DA expands probe into Mindanao infrastructure The Department of Agriculture (DA) has identified substandard and non-existent farm-to-market roads (FMRs) across two Mindanao provinces. The findings come from the initial phase of an ongoing audit designed to investigate alleged corruption in rural infrastructure projects tied to the farm-to-market network that farmers rely on to bring…