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Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on flood control corruption.
Accountability is overdue. Not over. This is a developing story. As of 11 December, it has been 136 days since the investigation officially began. This is a…
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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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Anti-corruption group Artikulo Onse criticized the Independent Commission for Infrastructure for “trivializing” corruption amid Typhoon Tino’s aftermath and…
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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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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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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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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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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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Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) Chairperson Andres Reyes, accompanied by volunteer PAO lawyers, submitted on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, their…
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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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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 reports P309 million in Bulacan flood control projects paid but never built or improperly constructed, prompting investigations and potential charges.
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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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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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In Congress, they’re worming their way into the ‘ayuda’ or social amelioration programs.
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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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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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