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“These are fabricated charges designed to intimidate us and to undermine the people's quest for truth and accountability.”
The Presidential Communications Office claims that the scandal is nearing its ‘endgame’. However, Bulatlat’s timeline of related activities suggest that the investigation has yet to reach its climax, much less a resolution.
In the view of many affected, the barricades on Nov. 30 were more than concrete and shields, they symbolized a system that protects those who loot public funds, while brutalizing those who demand transparency.
The deadlock exposed the bicam not as a venue for reconciliation but as a bargaining table over pork.
Human rights groups said that those who get arrested are anti-corruption protesters instead of government officials involved in corruption scandals.
“My mother said that the man was commanded by a fellow policeman to interrogate me about my supposed ‘officership’ in KPL-Tacloban as the one ‘handling finance and budget."
The coalition, represented by migrants, youths, church sectors, artists, and the broader Filipino community engaged in a dialogue with the Philippine consulate officials to outline key demands.
Corruption is not just about stolen money. It is about stolen lives and stolen futures.
“Personally, I felt its weight. Stipend delays have become a real struggle, especially now that my mother, a single mom, can barely sustain my daily needs.”
Cebuanos formed the KASUKKO (Kalihukang Sugboanon Kontra Korapsyon) on November 18, 2025 at the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Educators, church leaders, lawyers, human rights defenders, and community organizations banded together to continue pushing for accountability amid mounting public outrage over corruption tied to flood control projects.
There should be a genuine public audit, full disclosure of documents, and cases filed against corrupt officials, including those in Malacañang and Congress.
"Billions of pesos meant to protect communities from flooding have been plundered through ghost projects, overpricing, and kickbacks."
“No one should be criminalized for standing up against corruption.”
For the locals, the wrath exposed the cracks in billion-peso flood control projects.
ACT Teachers Representative and Deputy Minority Leader Antonio Tinio slammed Marcos Jr's hypocrisy.
The billions of pesos worth of projects failed to shield many parts of the Cebu province from flooding.
"While our houses are submerged in flood water, they are literally swimming in money."
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