Most flood control projects, road and other infrastructure projects built in a province near the capital in the last six years were substandard or overpriced to compensate for huge kickbacks given to congressmen and senators, a televised Senate inquiry was told.
The allegation was made by two former government engineers who helped oversee the works since 2019 in Bulacan, one of the country’s most flood-prone provinces with more than 3.7 million people.
