Untouchable budget queen?
Trillions of pesos don’t vanish because a hundred million Filipinos blinked away; they vanish because one person signs yes.
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Trillions of pesos don’t vanish because a hundred million Filipinos blinked away; they vanish because one person signs yes.
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Typhoons will not stop as a result of the scandal engulfing the nation. Still, the ongoing scandal has placed the concessionary loans in peril.
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has spent P3.8 billion on more than 100 flood control projects in Cebu City since 2022, the agency announced…
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A request by DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon to freeze assets of those involved in flood-control anomalies has resulted in swift action by the BSP and the AMLC. ‘We…
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When asked why so many flood-control structures collapse, crack, or fail long before their design life, engineers from the Department of Public Works and…
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‘We will not allow this kind of substandard work to continue. The officials and contractors involved will face charges.’
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The flood control mess is simply the tipping point in the people’s growing dissatisfaction and utter disappointment in the Marcos administration.
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There is no turning back on his words. He must now be resolute in strengthening the anti-corruption agencies and ensuring the independence of the Commission in…
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Our Congress is full of dynastic families, and while some of the younger ones cannot yet be judged on their abilities or leadership, it makes people wonder if…
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Instead of Build Better More, the BBM slogan in the final half of the Marcos administration would be Build Better and Mandate reforms.
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have moved decisively to freeze assets of officials and contractors…
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Turning one into a state witness requires meeting specific criteria — including being the least guilty.
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A visibly frustrated President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he shares the public’s outrage over the flood control scandal, backing calls for accountability as…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has dismissed three of its officials in connection with the controversial flood control projects in Bulacan.
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday said he is ready to sign a waiver to open his bank accounts.
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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has raised alarm bells over what she called one of the biggest infrastructure scandals to hit the city in years — billions of…
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‘The rules are not lacking. What’s lacking is the courage to enforce them. If even the auditors can be bought, and the bidding is rigged from the start, then…
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