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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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is investigating officials and candidates from 2022 who are said to have been funded by contractors of flood control…
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday denied allegations linking him to flood-control projects.
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The debate on the 2026 national budget has exposed a recurring dilemma: the Philippines continues to allocate less for education, health, and social protection…
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Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd., the Singapore-based subsidiary of DoubleDragon Corp., has signed agreements with Canopy Sands Development Co. Ltd. to build two…
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Faustino revealed that supposed flood control projects in her municipality were never coordinated with the local government.
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Calumpit, Bulacan Mayor Glorim “Lem” Faustino has voiced her frustration over ghost flood control projects that were supposedly implemented in her town but…
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‘Corruption, we can prevent. The flood problem demands the unwavering attention of the government. Let us hold corrupt officials accountable.’
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‘More than flood control, what the Filipino people badly need is greed control.’
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Communities often bear the heavy burden of understanding the significant amount of money spent on initiatives that ultimately fail to provide practical…
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Typical of his recent soundbites, this time Mr. Marcos Jr.’s remarks can’t be cynically dismissed as another lame attempt at populist politicking.
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The shoddy flood control projects, it turns out, are the racket of some members of Congress and the DPWH, with Bulacan the focal point for the pilferage of…
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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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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered the immediate blacklisting and filing of charges against a construction firm over a “ghost” flood…
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‘Our strategic engagements in South Korea underscore our commitment to the responsible development of nuclear energy.’
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Yuchengco-led EEI Corp. is regaining ground in the construction sector with its project backlog rising 40 percent to P36.85 billion as of July, lifted by new…
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Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced Tuesday that the city plans to convert the old Ospital ng Maynila building into an academic building…
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The Commission on Audit (CoA) has obtained the first batch of documents crucial to its impending investigation into the flood control projects in Bulacan,…
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