State Auditors, Too: The Rotten Core of Institutional Failure Corruption in the Philippines is never just about stolen billions or shoddy projects. It is about the rot that eats away at the very institutions meant to protect the public interest. The current flood-control scandal, involving overpriced contracts, ghost dikes, and politically connected contractors, is not […]
ICI Slams DPWH for Destroying Flood Control Records; Warns of Near-Certain Cover-Up Without Forensic Systems News Story: Taguig City, September 22, 2025 — The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has issued a scathing condemnation of what it described as the “widespread destruction and tampering” of official documents by personnel of the Department of Public Works […]
A System That Protects the Corrupt The cancer of corruption in government continues to thrive—not because the people are unaware, but because the system itself shields the powerful while punishing those who dare speak out. At the heart of this rot are mayors, governors, and congressmen who demand SOPs—the so-called “standard operating procedures” that are […]
Corruption in government projects, particularly in flood control, has long drained public funds while leaving communities vulnerable to disaster. But a new tool has emerged—sumbongsapangulo.ph, the Presidential Reporting Portal—that offers citizens an unprecedented chance to fight back. And at the heart of this modern battle are not just lawyers, auditors, or whistleblowers, but drone operators, […]
The Crowd & the Crossroad Nearly two thousand years ago, Jerusalem woke to a strange Paschal morning.The air was thick with rumor, the streets jammed with pilgrims, soldiers, traders—and a single, ancient question: Whom will you choose? Act I | The Governor’s Balcony Pontius Pilate, Rome’s uneasy prefect, stepped onto the stone balcony of the Praetorium. Before him surged a restless […]
The King of Concrete: Si Pilimon’s Empire of Dust In Congressman Si Pilimon’s district, a freshly paved highway glistens under the midday sun, its blacktop smooth and unblemished. It’s the third time this stretch has been torn up and rebuilt in six years—each time declared “urgent” in the General Appropriations Act (GAA), each time a […]
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