“LAST week, the president took aim. Today, I am pulling the trigger.” This was how Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson started his privileged speech on Wednesday, Aug. 20. In the process, he exposed the deeply ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. blew his top yesterday over a P55.7-million flood control project in Baliuag, Bulacan that he described as a “ghost project,” noting that the government had fully paid ...

These combined images show copies of the official receipts from Syms Construction Trading and contract data from the DPWH Bulacan First Engineering District Office regarding the multimillion riverwall ...

(UPDATE) ADMINISTRATIVE and criminal charges will be filed against Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials involved in ghost flood control projects in Bulacan province. Public Works ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said no ghost flood control project in the country would prosper without the involvement of the Commission on Audit (COA). In an ...

MANILA, Philippines — Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan confirmed the existence of “ghost” flood control projects in some districts of Bulacan, saying an investigation into the matter is now ...

MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Terry Ridon (Bicol Saro Party-list) said the delayed river wall project examined by the president in Bulacan, which was scheduled for construction in February, was not ...

In a privilege speech, Senator Ping Lacson says Bulacan emerged as the 'most notorious' among his office's case studies, counting 'more or less' 30 ghost projects in the province MANILA, Philippines – ...

A congressional probe into the funders of the ghost flood control projects of the government, as well as the role of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in the disbursement of the funds, has ...

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will now join the investigation into the alleged anomalous flood control projects, Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said Wednesday. The bureau will look into the ...

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