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GovernmentThe Office of the Ombudsman has opened a fact-finding investigation into whether government-funded internet connectivity projects under the DICT were ever actually installed, and whether the government was billed for undelivered service.
PoliticsManila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao argues the Marcos administration is using prosecutions to reshape the impeachment court trying VP Sara Duterte — the underlying senator cases are real; the "coordinated weaponization" claim is his own reading, not established fact.
PoliticsFive House members voted against Rep. Kiko Barzaga’s December 2025 suspension, arguing it punished speech about corruption while sparing bigger allegations. The full story includes a second suspension and, ultimately, his expulsion from Congress.
OpinionA presidency with a rare chance to separate the Marcos name from corruption for good has instead coincided with the largest public-corruption scandal in the country’s post-EDSA history. An opinion on what that irony says about the moment.
PoliticsAn Ombudsman investigator testified she found no evidence that Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s three co-accused donors ever met or communicated with each other, beyond their donation deeds being notarized on the same date and location.
PoliticsSen. Rodante Marcoleta has posted ₱90,000 bail on charges tied to an undeclared ₱75-million campaign donation, though he remains in detention while a bail petition on a separate, non-bailable plunder charge is heard.
GovernmentMalacañang says flood control corruption cases remain under active investigation as the government-wide spending freeze on flood infrastructure projects continues to weigh on economic growth.
PoliticsThe Sandiganbayan has ordered former House Speaker Martin Romualdez transferred from hospital confinement to the New Quezon City Jail, as the Ombudsman alleges a ₱56 billion scheme spanning 2022 to 2025.
OpinionHigh-profile charges are a start, but lasting reform requires fixing the procurement and verification systems that let ghost projects happen in the first place.
Fact CheckOnly 14 of 421 flood control projects flagged for review have so far been confirmed as nonexistent by the Department of Justice — not all 421, despite some public claims.
TechnologySenate investigators allege inaccurate GPS coordinates were submitted for thousands of flood control projects, undermining the geotagging system meant to verify they were actually built.
BusinessAn initial government audit found that just 15 contractors received about 20% of the ₱545 billion spent on flood control projects between mid-2022 and mid-2025.