Flood of corruption: Filipino people demand accountability and justice

We have reached the tipping point. The Filipino people no longer merely expect accountability — they demand it. The latest revelations of massive corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), involving so-called "ghost" flood control projects, have shaken public trust to its core.

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More than 100 anomalous flood control projects across the country have been reported in just one week into the agency's internal investigation led by newly-installed Secretary Vince Dizon. Some are not just reports of substandard work — they are of nonexistent projects, paid for in full, with no concrete laid, no canals built. Public money — hundreds of millions of pesos - vanished, while communities remain vulnerable to flooding.

Secretary Dizon's candid admission of the agency's chaos has only confirmed what citizens have long suspected: this isn't a case of a few bad actors. It is an entrenched system of plunder. As Dizon puts it, the situation is "overwhelming" — and for good reason. The scale and audacity of the corruption are breathtaking, if not heartbreaking for taxpayers earning only enough to give their families food, shelter and education.