Manila, Sept 21, 2025 (AFP) - Thousands take to streets as Philippines protests flood control fraud

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2025-09-21

Thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in Manila to express their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Rage over the so-called ghost infrastructure projects has been mounting in the Southeast Asian country since President Ferdinand Marcos put them centre stage in a July state of the nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding. On Monday, Marcos said h......

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