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AFP uncovers 252 ‘ghost’ flood control projects
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that 252 "ghost projects" were identified among the 10,000 infrastructure projects inspected nationwide.
These inspections were conducted in collaboration with the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The AFP spokesperson, Colonel Francel Margareth Padilla, stated that the 252 ghost projects were discovered from the 10,000 projects inspected out of a total of 30,000 designated for AFP and PNP oversight.
These projects were initiated from 2016 up to the present.
The AFP and PNP will submit their comprehensive inspection reports to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI).
The AFP and PNP were tasked with these inspections to accelerate investigations into potential corruption within infrastructure projects.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. had previously warned government officials against embezzling public funds, particularly those allocated for projects like flood control.
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