MANILA, Philippines — Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday uncovered three “ghost” flood control projects in Oriental Mindoro, warning that those behind the projects will be held accountable.

The alleged ghost and substandard flood control projects found in La Union will be declared as “crime scenes” to prevent any intrusion, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, special adviser to the ...

HAGONOY, Bulacan — “They should be the ones to brave the daily floods brought by high tide—and they should just be fed to the oysters,” said Cynthia Yuda, a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government reported on Monday, September 15, that 66 flood control projects contracted from 2022 to 2025 have incorrect coordinates or none at all, making the ...

THE primary mission of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is to “lead public expenditure management to ensure the equitable, prudent, transparent and accountable allocation and use of ...

Cardinal Jose Advincula, archbishop of Manila. As calls for transparency in flood control projects grow among sectors and civil society, Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula urged religious ...

MANILA, Philippines — Prop pipes, not measuring past an arm’s length, were used to disguise a P179.4 million ghost flood control project in La Union. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways and the Commission on Audit have recommended cases against contractors and officials linked to ghost flood control projects in Bulacan before the Office of ...

ORMOC CITY, Leyte — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte 4th District Engineering Office clarified that the district has no “ghost” flood control projects. This was in response to ...

The Philippines on Saturday named the first members of an independent commission tasked with investigating a spiraling scandal into bogus flood control projects that has already seen numerous ...

PLARIDEL, the Philippines: The dike meant to protect the Philippine town cost taxpayers nearly US$2 million, but when a minister visited this month, he found little more than dirt hastily dumped along ...