The Department of Finance has estimated that the Philippine economy lost up to 118.5 billion pesos (S$2.66 billion) from 2023 to 2025 due to corruption in flood control projects. -- PHOTO: AFP
MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): The Philippines on Sept 13 named the first members of an independent commission tasked with investigating a spiralling scandal into bogus flood control projects that has already seen numerous lawmakers implicated.
Public scrutiny of so-called ghost infrastructure projects has been intensifying since Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr put them centre stage in a July state of the nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding, pledging to name names.
