Flood control.

One year after President Marcos shamed officials and contractors whom he said stole from government-funded flood-control projects, the country has yet to come to grips with the…

Ordinary Filipinos suffer the consequences of corrupt public works projects: months of displacement and a lifetime of trauma and grief. When the budget is deliberated behind closed…

There were nearly no slow news days in 2025. The year was a high-pressure firehose of events that left the public scavenging for information. High news demand provided the perfect…

In the last few months, an outraged public demanded reforms in the corruption-plagued budget process. A new leadership in both houses of Congress promised changes, but the current…

In this report, we unlock the mystery of “allocable” funds, the secret formula no one understands, and the machinations behind the supposedly non-allocable items in the national…

Unprogrammed appropriations were a magnet for corruption, a source of billions in kickbacks for legislators and other officials.

President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte received tens of millions of pesos in campaign contributions from public works contractors despite a provision in the Omnibus…

For the past 20 years, across four presidential terms, the same contractors have been awarded the largest public works contracts. Whether the president is a Marcos, a Duterte, an…

Flood-control projects fund extravagant lifestyles. It pays to be the House appropriations committee chair. Many lawmakers own or are linked to contracting firms. Bad contractors…

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