MANILA, Philippines – The Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has scrapped the P252-billion funding for regionally funded flood management tasks in its revised 2026 finances proposal.
The DPWH additionally trimmed P3 billion price of duplicate or accomplished tasks, together with overlapping street sections, rock netting, and cat’s eye and stud installations.
This brings the company’s proposed finances all the way down to P625.8 billion from the preliminary P881 billion.
However does this imply corruption is out of the image?
Rappler multimedia reporter Patrick Cruz studies. – Rappler.com