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‘Allocable’ funds are the new pork barrel
Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez —PHOTO FROM PCIJ
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November 30, 2025December 16, 2025News

‘Allocable’ funds are the new pork barrel

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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) builds bridges that connect people, streetlights that make roads safer, and classrooms that serve schoolchildren. In the agency’s words, it is their mission to bring about “a comfortable life for Filipinos through safe, reliable and resilient infrastructure.” But recent congressional investigations have exposed the true nature of...

Five reveals from the flood control data
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inspects a ₱55-million “ghost” flood control project in Baliwag, Bulacan, on Aug. 20. The 220-meter concrete riverwall project, marked completed and fully paid by the Department of Public Works and Highways, shows no signs of actual construction, according to Marcos. —PHOTO FROM PCO.GOV.PH
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September 2, 2025December 16, 2025Specials

Five reveals from the flood control data

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Between July 2022 and May 2025, the first three years of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency, the government funded 9,855 flood control projects worth over ₱545 billion. We analyzed those projects and the companies that got the contracts to build them.  Massive flooding in recent months have put these projects in the harsh glare of public...