
Scandals that tested the Marcos Jr. administration in 2025
From the missing sabungeros case to ICC arrests and flood control protests, 2025 exposed cracks in governance under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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From the missing sabungeros case to ICC arrests and flood control protests, 2025 exposed cracks in governance under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The Trillion Peso March and other rallies erupted as public anger over alleged flood control anomalies grew, driven by audits, Senate probes, and claims of…

The flood control scandal is clouded by controversy as two DPWH officials, including former undersecretary Catalina Cabral, die amid ongoing investigations.

Watch the restraint travel upward. If discretion is now fashionable, then let DPWH wear it, too.

The number of construction projects covered by approved building permits reached 12,705 in October 2025 — a 22.6 percent drop from 16,405 in the same month…


Consumers tightening belt despite Yuletide season

Late DPWH official’s files under forensic review

Anti-corruption group Artikulo Onse criticized the slow pace of cases linked to anomalous flood control projects, urging the public to keep pressure on the…

Journalism is not about perfection. It is about responsibility. About choosing honesty over comfort, even when it costs you friendships, sleep, or peace.

SM Investments Vice Chair Teresita Sy-Coson said, ‘Next year will not be so bad if we think more positively. We just have to do our work despite the political…



Army Col. Raymund Dante Lachica firmly denies any connection to Ramil Madriaga, who alleged multimillion-peso cash deliveries tied to Vice President Sara…

A tribute to the 78th anniversary of the 1947 UN Partition Plan vote, highlighting the Philippines’ historic support for Israel, President Quezon’s rescue of…

The House Minority Bloc demands a probe into President Marcos Jr. after Zaldy Co’s video alleging ₱100-billion budget insertions and systematic corruption.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the country’s weak economic performance cannot be blamed solely on the flood control scandal, citing climate impacts and…

Foreign direct investments in the Philippines plunged 40.5% to $494M in August 2025, with analysts linking the drop to the ongoing floodgate scandal.

Its central theme mandates the ICI to ‘repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which…

The debate on the 2026 national budget has exposed a recurring dilemma: the Philippines continues to allocate less for education, health, and social protection…