Residents wade through the main road at Barangay Frances in Calumpit, Bulacan, that was flooded after days of heavy rain. Photo taken on July 31, 2023. — PDI/ANN
MANILA: Setting the wheels in motion on the President’s commitment to go after unscrupulous contractors, the Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered an immediate fraud audit of all flood-control projects in Bulacan province, which received the largest share of funding in Central Luzon from 2022 to 2025.
In a memorandum dated Aug. 12, COA Chair Gamaliel Cordoba cited findings from the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website, which showed that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) implemented P548 billion (US$9.6 billion) worth of flood control projects nationwide from the start of the Marcos administration on July 1, 2022, until May 30 this year.
