Rowegie Abanto

Engineer Brice Hernandez presents a photo from his cellphone showing Engineer Henry Alcantara with Senator Jinggoy Estrada, along with an image of a pile of money, during a congressional hearing on ghost flood control projects at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

Engineer Brice Hernandez presents a photo from his cellphone showing Engineer Henry Alcantara along with an image of a pile of money, during a congressional hearing on ghost flood control projects at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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FLOOD CONTROL PROBE

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<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176049797792420250909-congress-flood-probe-brice-hernandez-MT1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Engineer Brice Hernandez presents a photo from his cellphone showing Engineer Henry Alcantara along with an image of a pile of money, during a congressional hearing on ghost flood control projects at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A &quot;big majority&quot; or 71 percent of Filipinos are optimistic that corrupt politicians and their accomplices in the flood control corruption scandal will be punished, a Pulse Asia survey released Wednesday suggested.</p><p>It also showed that almost all Filipinos or 90 percent agreed there was collusion among executive officials, lawmakers, and private contractors in the misuse of multibillion-peso flood relief funds.</p><p>The same opinion poll found that virtually all Filipinos believed that corruption in government was widespread and that most of them saw corruption as a normal part of Philippine politics.</p><p>The public sentiment toward the outcome of the investigations into the flood control scam is expected to add more pressure on the government to hold those responsible for fraud accountable.</p><p>On Monday, the pollster reported in a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/13/pulse-asia-most-filipinos-critical-of-gov-t-response-to-inflation-corruption-1109">separate survey that most Filipinos were critical </a>of the government&#x27;s efforts to combat graft and corruption.</p><p>The surveys were released amid continuing public clamor for the arrest of corrupt personalities and for them to return the stolen money they acquired through the flood control scam.</p><p>They also came more than two months after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered an inquiry into possible corruption in flood control projects, which set off congressional probes into the scandal.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong></strong><strong>SENTIMENT TOWARD CONGRESSIONAL PROBES, ICI, OMBUDSMAN, PRESIDENT</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Wednesday&#x27;s survey suggested that the plurality view among Filipinos was that the investigations into anomalous flood control projects conducted by the Senate and the House of Representatives were &quot;likely to uncover the truth on the matter and to hold those involved accountable.&quot;</p><p>The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has yet to announce the resumption of its investigation into the flood control mess, while the House Infrastructure Committee has already <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/24/house-mega-panel-halts-probe-on-flood-control-mess-co-chair-1510">concluded</a> its hearings.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/14/bato-on-flood-control-probe-kalokohan-kapag-papunta-sa-duterte-1411">Bato on direction of flood control probe: &#x27;Kalokohan kapag papunta sa Duterte&#x27;</a></div><p>The Independent Commission for Infrastructure has begun its separate probe to help build cases against flood control personalities but it has been <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/15/ici-hindi-marunong-magtanong-case-buildup-analyst-may-duda-sa-confidential-hearings-0143">criticized for its secrecy</a>, which led to calls to make its hearings public.</p><p>Notably, the ICI was created by Marcos to also address worries that the congressional inquiries wouldn&#x27;t be productive because some of the lawmakers themselves were implicated in the scandal.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/13/-meron-na-ici-secures-evidence-vs-culprits-in-flood-control-corruption-1314">&#x27;Meron na&#x27;: ICI secures evidence vs culprits in flood control corruption</a></div><p>According to the Pulse Asia survey, the prevailing sentiment toward the ICI &quot;is one of ambivalence,&quot; as 56 percent of adults could not say if they trust or distrust the body. </p><p>Meanwhile, the Office of the Ombudsman — which <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/9/-remulla-takes-oath-as-new-ombudsman-1123">welcomed its new chief, Jesus Crispin Remulla, last week</a> — registered &quot;virtually the same trust and indecision figures, with 39 percent and 43 percent, respectively.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/9/-remulla-takes-oath-as-new-ombudsman-1123">Ombudsman Remulla vows to take flood control projects cases to Sandiganbayan</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/14/ombudsman-restores-public-access-to-salns-of-government-officials-1739">Ombudsman restores public access to SALNs of government officials</a></div><p>Pulse Asia noted that public opinion regarding the trustworthiness of public and private entities involved in addressing the flood control corruption was &quot;mixed.&quot;</p><p>At least half of Filipino adults trust in civil society organizations and the media to help in addressing the problem of corruption in flood control projects, it said. </p><p>On the other hand, a big majority of the adult population or 81 percent distrusted the Department of Public Works and Highways in fighting flood control corruption, Pulse Asia said, adding that distrust was also the plurality sentiment toward Marcos at 45 percent.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/7/marcos-corrupt-officials-are-not-the-face-of-government-1207">Marcos: Corrupt officials ‘are not the face of government’</a></div><p>It said that basically the same percentages either trust the Senate (37 percent) or were undecided toward its trustworthiness (36 percent).</p><p>Nearly the same percentages either distrust the House of Representatives (36 percent) or could not say if they trust or distrust the chamber (40 percent), the pollster said.</p><p>The Pulse Asia survey polled 1,200 adult Filipinos from Sept. 27 to 30 and has a ± 2.8 percent margin of error at the 95 percent confidence level.</p><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/gSrRcQ3Zsek?&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/tjiMsoA3keI?&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/Sl1daHU6e7M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The same opinion poll found that virtually all Filipinos believed that corruption in government was widespread and that most of them saw corruption as a normal part of Philippine politics.</p>

The same opinion poll found that virtually all Filipinos believed that corruption in government was widespread and that most of them saw corruption as a normal part of Philippine politics.

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'Big majority' of Filipinos believe culprits in flood control corruption will be punished: Pulse Asia

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published Oct 15, 2025 11:31 AM PHT

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