MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has so far found 252 non-existent or ghost projects across the country in its effort to help the Independent Commission for ...
Contractor Curlee Discaya has been arrested over his alleged links to ghost flood control projects in Bulacan. News5 reported ...
Revelations by Sen. Erwin Tulfo that he was being pressured by his peers in the former majority to not sign the partial report of the Blue-Ribbon panel on the flood-control scandal, but he had ignored ...
The dike meant to protect the Philippine town cost taxpayers nearly US$2 million, but when a minister visited this month, he found little more than dirt hastily dumped along the river's banks.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president and Congress have begun looking into possibly massive corruption in flood control projects that may implicate public works officials and engineers, ...
Nine of 11 people facing graft and malversation charges in connection with an alleged anomalous flood control project in ...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero to answer allegations linking him to the flood control mess, Assistant Ombudsman ...
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Philippine authorities have arrested nine people, including construction executive Sarah Discaya, dubbed the country’s “flood control queen,” on allegations of large-scale corruption involving ...
PLARIDEL, Bulacan – For decades, flooding has been a way of life for many families in Bulacan’s low-lying communities. Every ...
When a governance anomaly occurs, elected officials like to advertise themselves as initiators of the mandatory probe. But ...