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Actress and content creator Mariel Pamintuan is making her voice heard on alleged corruption in government flood control projects — this time through a parody song.

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Mariel Pamintuan's parody song slams corruption in flood control projects

Reyma Deveza

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:955px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757642999930mariel5.jpg" style="width:955px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>YouTube/Mariel Pamintuan</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- &quot;We&#x27;re going up, up, up kung walang corrupt.&quot;</p><p>Actress and content creator Mariel Pamintuan is making her voice heard on alleged corruption in government flood control projects — this time through a parody song.</p><p>Released on September 10, her track “Crocs’ Den,” a reworking of the viral Huntr/x hit “Golden” from the Netflix animated film &quot;KPop Demon Hunters,&quot; channels her frustration into a call for justice and change.</p><p>Below are some lines from &quot;Crocs&#x27; Den.&quot;</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Oh &#x27;di papayag, walang justice</p><p>Pinoys, make a stand!</p><p>We&#x27;re going up, up, up kung walang corrupt</p><p>Alisin peste sa country, maging wais tayo sa voting ohhh </p><p>Oh Ekis na sa magnanakaw,  2028!&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757643135531Mariel3.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>YouTube/Mariel Pamintuan</em></span></span></span></div><p>Before the video ended words flashed were: &quot;Hindi tayo mahirap, marami lang ang corrupt.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Korapsyon ang hadlang sa pag-angat ng bayan. Panahon na para baguhin ang bulok na sistema at ibalik ang dangal ng pamahalaan sa mata ng Pilipino.&quot;</p><p>As of writing, Pamintuan&#x27;s &quot;Crocs&#x27; Den&quot; has been viewed over 7 million times on Facebook and 1.4 million on TikTok. She also uploaded the video on her Instagram account.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOaWQ1mEmIj/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=594&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A11152252.599999905%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="755" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WXIUDin6E38?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2X2Ss8JTeDc?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r4Dg8IMGsO0?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sOG5Gq5PMd4?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Actress and content creator Mariel Pamintuan is making her voice heard on alleged corruption in government flood control projects — this time through a parody song.</p>