A member of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) holding a sign during the first of a three-day anti-corruption protest at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Nov 16. - Reuters
MANILA: Philippine prosecutors filed on Tuesday (Nov 18) the first criminal charges in a sweeping corruption scandal over bogus flood control projects, promising "many" more indictments in the case that has prompted public ire and protests.
Rage over so-called ghost infrastructure, believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, has been building for months, ever since President Ferdinand Marcos put the issue centre stage in a July address after weeks of deadly flooding.
