While laws and rules are in place, they have not been implemented properly leading to systemic corruption activities that have been normalized for decades now, President Marcos lamented. Although deep-seated, Marcos vowed to put an end to corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways...
President Marcos does not see any lawmaker inhibiting from the ongoing investigations of flood control anomalies as he believes that no politician—either from the House of Representatives or Senate—would admit their involvement in the flood control mess. In his latest podcast, Marcos was asked...
Malacañang said it is possible that the Sumbong sa Pangulo website, which is dedicated for complaints on flood-control projects, can be expanded to gather complaints over other infrastructure projects. However, complaints on other infrastructure projects, such as road rehabilitation and repair,...
Filipinos exposing the luxurious lifestyle of children of some contractors included in President Marcos ' list was actually viewed as heeding to the chief executive 's call to help in uncovering corrupt practices. Some of the kids of contractors revealed by Marcos as the top companies...
Senate Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Tuesday, Aug. 26 urged public officials and whistleblowers to stand firm against alleged anomalies in multi-billion-peso flood control projects, saying fear should not hinder efforts to uncover corruption. “Protected from who? If we start...
President Marcos ' intention in revealing the 15 contractors who secured 20 percent of the P545-billion flood control projects in the country was not to accuse them of anything yet, Malacañang said. It was because they have the most projects under their belt. Thus, the projects under them...
