Budget Integrity

Corruption has been a rising issue in 2025, and one major topic involved in the corruption scandal is the Ghost Flood Project. Every year, the government of the Philippines proposes a budget for the flood-control projects, which are meant to help lessen the destruction of infrastructure caused by natural disasters in the Philippines.

In the year 2025, the approved budget for the flood control project was ₱6.326 trillion Philippine pesos. Although the construction of buildings and infrastructures was completed, there are still faults in the buildings that were constructed. According to ANC 24/7 news, reports show that many buildings in the provinces and cities of the Philippines were destroyed, even with minor incidents. This awakening issue left the communities of the Philippines wondering where the ₱6.326 trillion peso budget went. They claim that the construction of the buildings was not thorough and was not worth the trillion-dollar budget.

In the Philippines, some politicians are accused of helping certain contractors get flood-control projects just because they knew them. They ignored the normal bidding rules, and some even asked for bribes. A lot of the projects were either badly done or didn't happen at all, but the contractors still got paid. They even added extra money for certain companies, so both the politicians and contractors made money while billions of pesos that were supposed to help communities with floods went to waste.

By the year 2026, due to the corruption controversy, many citizens became frustrated and demanded more transparency and accountability from their leaders. With the promises that the politicians made, the community expects better flood-control projects and proper use of public funds. The public says that they're enough of being blinded by the government and deserves a transparent and trustworthy leaders.