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Lacson: More Than P79B Likely Lost to Ghost Flood Control Projects Alone

More than P79 billion has likely been lost to ghost flood control projects dating back to 2016, not counting substandard ones, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Wednesday.

Lacson said this was based on an updated report submitted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, which he chairs.

“The DPWH submitted to the Blue Ribbon Committee an updated report. Combined with the new data from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police inspection teams, it appears the number of ghost projects was 494 out of some 13,000 projects,” he said.

He added P79 billion is a huge amount, considering that the Anti-Money Laundering Council managed to have frozen almost P12 billion worth of assets linked to the corruption behind the anomalous flood control projects.

In Filipino: Lacson: Higit P79B Malamang na Nawawala Dahil sa Ghost Flood Control Projects Pa Lamang

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Lacson: Allocable Is The New Pork Barrel

“Allocable” is the new pork barrel.

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson bared this on Tuesday after scrutinizing documents related to the 2025 national budget, which he described as “corrupt to the core.”

Lacson said the “allocables” were in the National Expenditure Program (NEP), and allows the funding of projects before they are identified.

“Bakit nauuna ang funding bago i-identify ang mga projects? Di ba dapat, projects muna saka hahanapan ng funding (Why does the funding come first before the projects are identified? Shouldn’t the projects be identified first before funding is allocated for them)?” Lacson, an eagle-eyed watchdog of the national budget. said in his interpellation of the 2026 budget bill. “Hindi ba dapat may items na galing sa regional development council bago pondohan? Nauna ang pagpondo saka lang hahanapan ng items sa NEP (Shouldn’t there be items from the regional development council before the funding? In this case, the funding came first before the identification of projects in the NEP).”

In Filipino: Lacson: Allocable ang Bagong Pork Barrel

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