Corrupt public officials may have found a new cash cow in the government’s flood control projects, which soared to an unprecedented P133 billion in the current national spending program, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENTHuge spike“The parking scheme … may eventually explain the huge spike allocated to flood mitigation projects from 2017 to 2018,” he said. “From P79 billion in 2017, the budget for flood mitigation projects [this year] ballooned to a whopping P133 billion. According to Andaya, many of the flood control projects were not listed in the original budget request of the DPWH, which only amounted to P488 billion. “It seems that these flood control projects were not approved by the DPWH central office.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 16, 2018 21:33 UTC