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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson expressed on Monday, September 22 his belief that Congress is the “original sin” behind all the substandard and ghost flood control projects that have turned Filipinos’ lives into a living hell. “Congress is the original sin here. If...

The P450 billion  congressional insertions in the 2025  national budget became the source of  massive corruption in project approvals and implementation across the agency, former  Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Rogelio Singson said. Singson made the statement in a...

Several flood control projects funded through congressional insertions were not subjected to its standard planning and technical review, the  Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) disclosed on Thursday, July 31.  DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said these projects typically appear only...