“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 ...

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 ...

(UPDATE) SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Saturday warned that senators, along with members of the House of Representatives, may be complicit in the ongoing controversy involving anomalous and ghost flood ...

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 ...

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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 ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he is “thinking very hard” about filing economic sabotage charges against those found to have committed fraud in flood-control projects in the country.

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 – ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) admitted the likely presence of ghost projects, particularly in the province of Bulacan. On the Senate’s opening day of probing ...

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