Investment Ombudsman, anyone?
An economy built on padded contracts, ghost projects, and kickbacks is not a strong economy. It is running on borrowed time.
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Flood control scandal, DBM spending data and PPP projects
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Flood control scandal, DBM spending data and PPP projects.
Incompetence made worse by indifference (1)
THE PUBLIC HAS NOT FORGOTTEN (AND SHOULD NEVER FORGET) THAT THE FLOODWATERS ARE NOT UNFORESEEABLE ACTS OF GOD BUT A CONSEQUENCE OF INSATIABLE GREED AND A…
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Will the buck stop with Martin? (2)
To my mind, the greatest danger here is not that justice has been delayed — it is that we might mistake this single arrest for justice itself.
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We’ve been there before
A past congressional fight over alleged budget insertions and flood control projects foreshadowed today’s massive controversy over public works funds and…
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Greedy crocs era
The lesson from Floodgate is simple. A president who signs a budget cannot later distance himself from what that budget financed.
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Does the buck stop with Martin Romualdez?
Yet the question that lingers, unanswered and uncomfortable, is this: of all the names that have surfaced in this widening scandal, why only Romualdez and Co?
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Caesar’s wife test
The measure was not simply about proving guilt. It was about the impossibility of governing under a cloud of suspicion, and the obligation of those in power to…
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A bold political maneuver
While some critics see this as simply a political strategy to distance the presidency from potential scandals, the focus should be less on Marcos’s…
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Drowning accountability
It is a mystery where the money for a specific classroom goes; only that some large sum exists somewhere in the spending plan for classrooms.
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Make ICI report public now
If the DoJ or the Ombudsman has concerns about prejudicing the trial, redact what must be redacted and say so, specifically, in public.
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Monsod: Marcos gov't second most corrupt, budget reforms needed
Former NEDA Director General Solita Monsod has called for sweeping reforms to the national budgeting process, describing the current Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.…
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Ghost floodprojects haunt ’27 evac funds
Palace defends the 2027 budget for Ligtas Pinoy Centers and ayuda programs as senators scrutinize allocations amid the ongoing flood control corruption scandal.
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Goodbye Neverland! Welcome, Bagong Pilipinas!
Let us dream of a Philippines where public office is truly public service, every peso is sacred, honesty is natural, and corruption is just a shameful chapter…
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Guteza recants Maleta testimony
Former soldier Orly Guteza has recanted his earlier testimony alleging cash deliveries to Martin Romualdez, claiming he was offered money and scholarships to…
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Drifting away
As my vehicle struggled through the waist-deep flood, I found myself stuck in traffic for two hours on Visayas Avenue in Quezon City with the water continuing…
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As floodwaters rise, so do doubts
A public that tracks the money before it disappears is harder to rob quietly than one that only asks questions once the floodwaters recede.
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Floods, kickbacks, moro-moro
The blueprint for saving lives was available, but it was set aside so a mafia of contractors and their patrons in government could carve up the budget like a…
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