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Baguio residents rally against corruption
Progressive groups and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong are demanding accountability for alleged corruption involving billions of pesos in public funds, particularly concerning flood control projects.
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Cordillera Regional Coordinator Louise Montenegro highlighted that P269 billion allocated for flood control projects might be significantly diminished by corrupt practices, leaving little for actual implementation.
Montenegro urged the public to be outraged by corruption and unite to hold politicians and those in power accountable for their lavish lifestyles funded by public money.
National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) representative Karlo Ancheta criticized the 2025 budget cuts for education while billions are funneled to the DPWH for allegedly overpriced and "ghost" flood control projects.
Ancheta called for the jailing of corrupt officials and asserted that the president should also be held liable for such malpractices.
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