00:00Just like the poorly built and ghost flood control projects that failed to spare the helpless Filipinos living in the areas of construction from misery during the storms and monsoon rains in late July,
00:11the president will not let anyone involved in these irregularities slide and vows to initiate and complete all probes till his last day in office.
00:19This report.
00:22Substandard flood control projects, ghost projects and floods still hitting Metro Manila.
00:28These are just some of the problems under the spotlight.
00:31Raising questions before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ends his term, will investigations into failed and anomalous projects be pursued?
00:39Yan po ang gagawin po ng Pangulo. Sa kanyang pag-iimbestiga, kinakailangan po na may managot.
00:47At ninanais din po niya na makumpleto ang bawat ebidensya.
00:51Since the exposure of substandard and alleged rigged flood control projects, a series of inspections have been conducted.
00:59The Commission on Audit has ordered a fraud audit on several projects in Bulacan.
01:03The DPWH has dismissed the project engineer of an allegedly substandard project in Nauhan, Mindoro.
01:10Contractors are now under investigation.
01:12Malacanang reiterated, no government official link to these companies will be spared.
01:17Sa mga top 15 contractors na di umano yung may kaugnayan sa mga senador, katulad ni Senator Bongo,
01:24kaibigan man, malapit sa kanyang puso, kung nakakasama sa mga anomalyang katulad nito,
01:30ito po ay pa-iimbestigahan at para nagutin ang dapat managot.
01:33As of now, some 60 to 80 billion pesos is being withheld by the President,
01:38part of the 6 trillion plus national budget for 2025.
01:41Finance Secretary Ralf Recta says these funds were inserted and not part of the administration's priority.
01:48Karamihan po dito ay mga infrastructure po ng DPWH na karaniwan po ay inserted po by the Congress.
01:56Tatanungin natin ang DBM kung anong gagawin dito dahil hindi pa naman po tapos ang 2025.
02:00President Marcus Jr. has also ordered stricter screening of new contracts and all future flood control projects.
02:06This is Sharm Zespina from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
