At least 9 ‘ghost’ farm-to-market roads in Mindanao – DA - video Dailymotion

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The agriculture department has found at least nine suspected ‘ghost’ farm-to-market road projects in Mindanao worth an estimated P126 million as part of an ongoing audit.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/ghost-farm-market-roads-mindanao-department-agriculture/

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00:00The Agriculture Department has found at least nine suspected ghost farm-to-market road projects in Mindanao,

00:06worth an estimated 126 million pesos as part of an ongoing audit.

00:11DEA spokesperson Arnel De Mesa says the audit covers more than 4,700 projects from 2021 to 2025

00:18and will be completed by year-end.

00:21Nearly 3,000 projects have so far been verified as completed.

00:25Seven of the projects are in Davao Occidental and two are in Lanao del Sur.

00:29De Mesa adds a kilometer cost 12 million pesos before 2022

00:33and the cost increased to 15 million pesos from 2022 onwards.

00:38This makes three projects supposedly constructed before 2022

00:41and six other projects after worth an estimated 126 million pesos.

00:47Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. ordered an audit of farm-to-market roads

00:52following allegations of corruption in flood control projects.

At least 9 ‘ghost’ farm-to-market roads in Mindanao – DA

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