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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flood control scandal
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on flood control scandal.
Anointment of 2028 bet faces integrity paradox
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he will consider a 2028 successor who can continue his anti-corruption drive as allegations linking him to the flood…
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Phl growth plunges from 7.6% to 2.3% under Marcos
There is cautious optimism that infrastructure projects in H2 2026 and improving business sentiment could support a recovery. But with growth at 2.3 percent,…
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Corruption, impeachworsened growth skid
Former BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said the flood control scandal and impeachment process amplified the Philippines’ economic slowdown, weakening…
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Frustrated university students demand accountability
Flooded Pampanga State University dormitories leave students stranded as monsoon rains intensify calls for action on chronic Central Luzon flooding and alleged…
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Nature’s reminder: Justice is still owed
Government must ensure that every peso allocated for flood control is accounted for, with real-time transparency and public access to project status.
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OMB is not a Manila office
A genuine fight against corruption, then, must be a whole-of-nation effort. It needs provincial offices with teeth, digital public bidding that closes the room…
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Head above water
Kickbacks are illegal; it is a fact, but who is to stop this practice when it has become almost institutional?
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Tossing crumbs after a P1-T feast
The zarzuela, which is meant to lift the profile of the administration while getting back at political foes, has the overall effect of rewarding grand-scale…
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Don’t shoot messengers
The suitcase story needs to be investigated, not demolished, amid a wave of coordinated attacks by allies of those who have been implicated.
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Blue Ribbon freezes Floodgate probe
The decision to put off the investigation is to prevent the Ombudsman’s ongoing probe from being prejudiced.
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Smoke, mirrors commission
The investigator, who got too close to the flame — like the moth in Jose Rizal’s story that burned its wings and fell — was relegated to being an adviser.
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Witness: BONOAN handled P10-B fund
State witness Eduardo Bernardo testified that alleged bid-rigging and kickback schemes tainted DPWH infrastructure projects, claiming lawmakers sought project…
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Court blocks Bonoan bid to be state witness
‘There are questions that he isn’t answering properly.’
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SoNA: A country Filipinos deserve
This time his speechwriter must have, in devil-may-care fashion, put in reverse order the main culprits in the epic floodgate scandal.
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SoNA 2026: Romualdez gambit to space odyssey
For a country whose vast population queues for hours for P20 per kilo subsidized rice, one cannot help but ask if satellites can be eaten.
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Where’s the ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ we were promised?
The President has only two years left in his term. Two years to turn promises into reality. Two years to rebuild the trust that has all but evaporated.
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