P1T for flood control likely lost due to graft – Lacson

'Mahiya naman kayo': Marcos cracks down on corruption in flood control projects

MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday, July 28, that his administration will sue government officials and their private sector accomplices found involved in corruption in flood control projects. “Sa mga susunod na buwan, makakasuhan ang lahat ng mga lalabas na may sala mula sa imbestigasyon. Pati na ang mga kasabwat na kontratista sa buong bansa,” he said his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA). (In the coming…

P1T for flood control likely lost due to graft – Lacson

MANILA, Philippines — Amid the impact of the recent typhoons and the southwest monsoon (“habagat”), Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday renewed his call for a review of the government’s flood-control projects, saying almost half of almost P2 trillion allocated for that program since 2011 may have been lost to corruption. “Isn’t it absurd that […]...Keep on reading: P1T for flood control likely lost due to graft – Lacson

Lacson: P1 trillion for flood control possibly lost to corruption

Sen. Panfilo Lacson raised alarm yesterday over the possibility that as much as half of the nearly P2 trillion allocated to the Department of Public Works and Highways for flood control projects may have been lost to corruption.