Our flooded future
As a nation, we still behave as though each typhoon is a ‘surprise quiz’ we never studied for, despite climate change sharpening each incoming storm.
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Flood control corruption, government spending, and Philippine budget transparency
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Flood control corruption, government spending, and Philippine budget transparency.
BIR widens probe, seeks Escudero SOCE in tax case
The BIR expands its tax probe to senators, local officials, and contractors, requesting Senator Francis Escudero’s SOCE to verify compliance and filing a…
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Tiangco pushes bill to strengthen powers of ICI
According to the proposal, the ICI will be given power of contempt, power to file a departure order, and power to sequester and hold bills and properties, in…
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BIR files P1.6-B tax evasion complaint vs former DPWH engineers
The BIR has filed a P1.6-billion tax evasion complaint against former DPWH engineers for alleged undeclared income from ghost projects laundered through…
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Subpoenas issued by DOJ, probe set for 5 Bulacan ghost projects
The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for the preliminary investigation of five ghost flood control projects in Bulacan, with the first hearing set…
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Mountain Province town wears white against corruption
Besao, Mountain Province, encourages residents to wear white in early November as a peaceful stand against corruption, particularly in flood control projects.
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ICI submits Ombudsman report on alleged flood control corruption
Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) Chairperson Andres Reyes, accompanied by volunteer PAO lawyers, submitted on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, their…
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Why Filipino apathy is the corrupt’s best weapon
The names change — from the Fertilizer Fund Scam and the Pork Barrel scandal to the current flood control fraud — but the mechanism of greed remains the same.
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Congested jails for
Kapatid makes a strong, valid point about Remulla sending a ‘dangerous signal’ that the wealthy and influential may buy comfort while the poor and the rest of…
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COA flags P309M ‘ghost’ flood projects in Bulacan
COA reports P309 million in Bulacan flood control projects paid but never built or improperly constructed, prompting investigations and potential charges.
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Pleyto must explain alleged Discaya remittances—Ombudsman
Bulacan Representative Salvador Pleyto has been linked by the Anti-Money Laundering Council to remittances from contractors Sarah and Pacifico Discaya,…
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ICI sets flood control probe for mid-November
The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) will hold its next hearing on alleged corruption in flood control projects on November 11 or 12, after a…
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Shape-shifting evil
In Congress, they’re worming their way into the ‘ayuda’ or social amelioration programs.
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Don’t abandon flood control scandal probe, senator told
Senator Bam Aquino vows to push forward with the probe into alleged multibillion-peso flood control anomalies, urging accountability, prosecution, and systemic…
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Can DFA cancel Co’s passport?
The issue has highlighted a growing tension between political calls for immediate action and the legal safeguards that protect individual rights, even amid…
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Martin: ‘I have nothing to hide’
‘I was finally given an opportunity to share my side of the story. For now, in a way, it’s about facts and evidence and not only political noise or…
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