Suburbs along the large Laguna Lake near Manila, Philippines flooded after torrential rains. Photo: Arlynn Aquino EU/ECHO.
The Philippines has suffered damaging floods despite the billions of pesos paid to contractors for hundreds of flood control projects, mostly in Bulacan province. The Senate has uncovered fake projects, overcosting and underperformance by contractors. Some senators claim in recent hearings that corruption is so widespread. Investigators cannot cope and law enforcement against fraud and…
