Raising concerns over construction quality and accountability in government infrastructure projects, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, September 19, revealed that more than 1,000 classrooms nationwide had been turned over to schools in an “unfinished” state. Citing an audit...
The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) on Friday, Sept. 19, expressed its support for the President 's directive restoring the practice of requiring local government units (LGUs) to formally accept completed projects made by the national government in their respective areas of...
The national government is now urged to seek approval from local government officials before starting any infrastructure projects in their areas of responsibility. This was what the members of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) agreed upon during its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, as the policy-making...
The so-called “ghost month” took a toll on the automotive industry in August, as year-to-date vehicle sales growth came to a near halt at 0.2 percent as sales declined across nearly all car segments, marking the slowest growth rate of the year. Ghost month, which falls in August, usually...
BORONGAN CITY – House Minority Floor Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan and Eastern Samar Rep. Christopher Sheen Gonzales have asked the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate alleged ghost projects in the province. These projects were the P3-billion San Rafael rock-netting...
Criminal complaints have been filed against seven private schools for allegedly having “ghost beneficiaries” under the Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, during the agency’s budget briefing before the House...
Former Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara has been dismissed from service after admitting involvement in ghost flood control projects and alleged irregularities in multibillion-peso infrastructure works, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, Sept. 4. DPWH...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Wednesday, Sept. 3, requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) to place more than 20 DPWH officials and contractors on the immigration lookout list for their alleged involvement in anomalous “ghost” flood control projects....
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has formally dismissed two supervisors found to have been involved in falsifying the attendance records of four employees, marking the latest development in an internal scandal that also led to the resignation of two Monetary Board (MB) members last year. In a...
The Philippine economy could have grown by six percent if flood control projects had not been hijacked by corruption, resulting in a loss of as much as ₱119 billion in economic output, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s chief economic manager. While Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Ilocos Director Ronnel Tan has assured the public that there are no “ghost projects” in the region. Tan, in a press conference on Wednesday, said they are strictly enforcing quality assurance measures and project...
Staff and engineers of Bulacan’s first district office have been ordered to explain their alleged involvement in ghost projects in the province after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) issued show-cause orders to the office. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan warned that unsatisfactory...
