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Corruption
The Loida Lewis Podcast takes a hard look at PH flood funds
Why does flooding remain a tragic constant across the Philippines despite billions allocated each year for flood-control projects? That question anchors Season 4, Episode 12...
Marcos vetoes ₱92.5-B in unprogrammed funds of ₱6.79-T 2026 national budget
Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday announced his decision to veto ₱92.5 billion in proposed unprogrammed appropriations in the 2026 national budget approved by...
Stratbase: Filipinos rank food prices, corruption, jobs as top concerns
Filipinos rank affordable food prices, reducing corruption, and job creation as the top actions government leaders must primarily address in their communities, according to...
Luzon-Visayas tunnel seen tapping JICA, ADB to curb corruption
The proposed Luzon-Visayas fixed link—whether built as a bridge or an undersea tunnel—is expected to proceed as a foreign-assisted project (FAP), tapping financing and...
Palace reviews ₱6.79T budget
Malacañang said the Executive Branch has begun a comprehensive review of the Congress-ratified proposed ₱6.793 trillion 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) to ensure its...
Accountability calls mount, as DPWH flood culprits still free
Public tolerance for corruption is hardening, with Filipinos increasingly demanding the arrest and prosecution of officials implicated in the controversial flood control projects of...
FIRING LINE: When accountability dies with the official
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. The death of former DPWH Undersecretary Cathy Cabral has reopened a familiar wound in Philippine public life, reviving memories of the late DILG...
FIRING LINE: Co vanishes, Romualdez very much here
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Since appearing in a damning video, implicating the highest names in government in what he claimed was a P100-billion web...
PBBM pushes for sweeping reform bills amid corruption scandal
Amid the widening flood-control corruption scandal that has exposed billions allegedly lost to ghost or substandard infrastructure projects, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has...
FIRING LINE: Same fight, starkly different causes
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Zaldy Co could have taken the legitimate route: testify before the Senate or the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) probing...

