Ghost Projects: A Betrayal of the People
Flood control infrastructure is not optional in a country battered yearly by typhoons.
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Flood control infrastructure is not optional in a country battered yearly by typhoons.
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Corruption has been institutionalized; it is so pervasive that when the House of Romualdez passed the 2025 budget bill it contained several pages with blank…
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To be served numbers, percentages of ‘takes’ and actual comparisons of projects signed, sealed but undelivered is indescribably, indubitably painful.
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‘In the seventh district alone, QM Builders has cornered so many projects.’
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The rotten system starts with the selection of the district or regional engineer of the DPWH. The Secretary of DPWH does not make the selection, but the…
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Mystery surrounds the apprehension by police of a 19-year-old man in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA on 4 June allegedly for overspeeding.
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While the budget is failing to contribute meaningfully to eradicating poverty, the sharks in Congress had more than their fill of pork after they sliced up and…
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Former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao pleaded not guilty Thursday in a P4.16-billion graft case related to…
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Despite the billions of pesos apparently lost to corruption, Malacañang said the 15 contractors will not be blacklisted until the investigation is completed.
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Escudero admitted the company’s owner, Lawrence Lubiano, was a close friend and Centerways contributed P30 million to his 2019 campaign.
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Since PDAF and all forms of pork barrel were ruled violative of the Constitution by the High Tribunal, the operations through the 15 contractors are criminal…
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Imagine that amount as we relate how massive corruption has been going on for years and the Senate and the House haven’t done anything to address the malady.
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The road tax is on the same level as flood control contracts as a favored source of pork barrel funds.
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As a farmer’s son, I write every article on the condition of farmers with compassion and anger.
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No one watching those Blue Ribbon hearings could walk away thinking this was all just a misunderstanding.
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The pensioners didn’t ask for miracles. They asked for peace of mind. They asked that their last years be gentler.
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A congressman is exposed and, within days, state resources are purportedly deployed not to investigate misconduct, but to identify the photographers who…
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