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Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a major corruption scandal, president says
MANILA, Philippines: Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that has sparked huge protests and forced implicated congressional leaders to step down, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Friday. Marcos has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption, which has been blamed for substandard, defective or non-existent flood control projects in a poverty-stricken country, long prone to deadly typhoons, floodings and extreme weather in tropical Asia.
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aljazeera.com
Philippines ministers resign as flood scandal reaches presidential palace
Ministers implicated in scandal involving misused and stolen funds earmarked for anti-flooding infrastructure.
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arabnews.com
Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a major corruption scandal, president says
MANILA, Philippines: Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that has sparked huge protests and forced implicated…
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Philippine President Marcos says seven arrested over corruption scandal
Arrests come amid outrage over 'ghost' flood control projects estimated to have cost the Philippines $2bn.