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The budget is being wasted on flood control projects that have become a cash cow for a few opportunists.
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The budget is being wasted on flood control projects that have become a cash cow for a few opportunists.
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A whopping P9.2 billion in unprogrammed appropriations (UA) was allocated for the Visayas in recent national budgets to bankroll flood control projects, with…
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The Office of the President’s list seems to be a guide for the Independent Commission for Infrastructure on where to look and whom to prosecute.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin on Monday, 10 November, its preliminary investigation into alleged anomalous flood control projects said to involve…
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A whopping P9.2 billion in unprogrammed appropriations (UA) was allocated for Visayas in recent budgets to bankroll flood control projects, with the lion’s…
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Department of Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres on Friday said Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers and a contractor are now “telling…
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The ongoing mitigation project against flood at Marikina river in Marikina City, on Friday, 07 November 2025.
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Anti-corruption group Artikulo Onse on Friday, 07 November 2025, lambasted the commission tasked to investigate anomalous flood control projects for…
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Lawyer Marvin Aceron called out Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Senator JV Ejercito for not giving a formal response to his complaint regarding Senator Chiz…
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has submitted its fourth interim report and recommendations to the Office of the Ombudsman on alleged…
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Beyond the alleged anomalies in flood control projects, members of the public are pointing to deeper causes of widespread flooding, including deforestation,…
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Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco on Thursday said he is pushing for the passage of a bill that would strengthen the authority of the Independent Commission for…
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‘We saw, based on the lifestyle check, the amounts they spent. We also got that from the Senate hearings. And their properties, we saw that they did not fit…
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‘Our work as lawmakers is to legislate and exercise oversight, not to implement laws,’ Lacson said. ‘Let’s make our programs systematic, not whimsical,…
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Developers across the country have mastered the art of calling destruction progress.
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Based on Marcos’ own figures, the Department of Public Works and Highways has squandered P545 billion on flood control, which some civil works experts said was…
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Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. on Thursday confirmed that the agency is expanding its investigation to include senators, local…
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