Rowegie Abanto

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., together with other government officials, inspects the P77.1-million flood mitigation structure in Barangay Frances, Calumpit, Bulacan. Mark Balmores, PPA pool/File

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., together with DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon, Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando, and other officials, inspects the ₱77.1-million flood mitigation structure in Barangay Frances, Calumpit, Bulacan, after visiting the ₱96.4-million river protection structure in Barangay Bulusan, also in Calumpit, on August 15, 2025.
The inspections followed his press conference exposing alleged irregularities in the government’s ₱545-billion flood control programs, which covered 9,855 projects from July 2022 to May 2025. Bulacan recorded the highest number of projects at 668, amounting to ₱6.5 billion.
The Bulusan project was built by St. Timothy Construction Corporation, one of the country’s top three contractors, while the Frances project was undertaken by Wawao Builders, ranked among the top 15 with 58 flood control projects. 

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176303320408820250815-marcos-calumpit-flood-control-PPA6038.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., together with other government officials, inspects the P77.1-million flood mitigation structure in Barangay Frances, Calumpit, Bulacan. <em>Mark Balmores, PPA pool/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in his State of the Nation Address on July 28, ordered the agencies to probe the country&#x27;s multibillion-peso flood control projects.</p><p>More than three months since his SONA, the President faced the public on Thursday, November 13, to announce the progress made so far in his government&#x27;s investigation into anomalous infrastructure programs.</p><p>As Marcos reported the cases filed and to be filed against personalities in the scandal, as well as reforms to protect the country&#x27;s coffers, he also looked back at the timeline of the controversy, which was estimated to have cost the Philippine economy <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/9/2/ph-economy-lost-over-p100-b-to-ghost-flood-control-projects-from-2023-2025-recto-1859">more than P100 billion</a> from 2023-2025 alone.</p><p>Here is a timeline of the flood control mess, according to Marcos.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>July 28, 2025</strong></div><p>In his SONA, Marcos ordered an investigation into possible corruption in flood control projects.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/28/-mahiya-naman-kayo-marcos-order-probe-on-corruption-in-flood-control-projects-1725">&#x27;Mahiya naman kayo&#x27;: Marcos orders probe on possible corruption in flood control projects</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>August 11, 2025</strong></div><p>Marcos launched the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/11/marcos-launches-website-to-seek-public-help-in-auditing-flood-control-projects-0923">Sumbong Sa Pangulo website</a>, where the public can report possible anomalies in flood relief projects.</p><p>Marcos also revealed the names of <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/11/15-contractors-cornered-p100-b-worth-of-flood-control-projects-since-2022-marcos-1053">15 contractors who bagged P100 billion</a> worth of flood control projects since 2022. </p><p>He noted that most of the flood control projects were located in areas that were not among the most flood-prone places in the Philippines.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>August 13, 2025</strong></div><p>Marcos inspected a flood mitigation project in Jaro, Iloilo City. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>August 15, 2025</strong></div><p>Marcos visited the River Protection Structure along Barangay Bulusan in <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/8/15/marcos-to-summon-st-timothy-construction-over-substandard-flood-control-project-in-bulacan-1437">Calumpit, Bulacan</a> after reports that about 200 meters of the P96.49-million project remained incomplete, while its foundation appeared to be substandard.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>August 20, 2025</strong></div><p>Marcos expressed deep disappointment after seeing that a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/20/marcos-inspects-flood-control-project-in-bulacan-as-probe-intensifies-0913">P55-million river wall project in Barangay Piel, Baliuag, Bulacan has yet to be constructed</a>.</p><p>The 220 meter-structure was supposed to begin in February but when he visited the area, there was no indication that construction has started despite it being marked &quot;completed.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 1, 2025</strong></div><p>Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon ordered the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/1/-clean-slate-from-top-to-bottom-vince-dizon-to-order-courtesy-resignations-of-dpwh-officials-1221">courtesy resignations</a> of officials in his agency, which included undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, division heads, and district engineers nationwide.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 2, 2025</strong></div><p>The Bureau of Customs seized <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/2/look-customs-secures-12-discaya-linked-luxury-vehicles-2202">12 luxury vehicles linked to the Discaya family</a>. These include a Rolls Royce Cullinan, Bentley Bentayga, Mercedes Benz G-500, Mercedes AMG G 63 AMG, Toyota Tundra, Toyota Sequoia, and Cadillac Escalade.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 3, 2025</strong></div><p>The Department of Trade and Industry placed the Construction Industry Association of the Philippines and the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board under its direct supervision.</p><p>New acting executive directors were installed while the review of contractor licensing began.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 8, 2025</strong></div><p>The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Commission on Audit (COA) filed the first set of criminal charges before the Ombudsman, covering five projects based on Special Audit Reports and physical validation conducted by the DPWH and the Commission on Audit’s Fraud Audit Reports.</p><p>The Department of Budget and Management also blacklisted and cancelled the PhilGEPS (Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System) membership of nine companies linked to Sarah Discaya.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 11, 2025</strong></div><p><strong></strong>Marcos<strong> </strong>created the <strong></strong> Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), which looks into the anomalous flood control and other infrastructure projects in the last decade.</p><p>The DPWH <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/11/dpwh-to-file-raps-vs-18-personnel-contractors-tagged-in-flood-control-mess-0804">filed corruption complaints at the Ombudsman</a> against 20 DPWH personnel and five contractors allegedly involved in the flood control project anomalies in Bulacan province.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 15, 2025</strong></div><p>The Anti-Money Laundering Council started issuing freeze orders to immobilize assets linked to flood control corruption.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 18, 2025</strong></div><p>COA Chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba and Public Works Secretary Dizon filed additional fraud reports at the Office of the Ombudsman over four other ghost flood control projects under the DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>September 29, 2025</strong></div><p>The ICI transmitted its first batch of case referrals to the Ombudsman, implicating 37 individuals, including lawmakers, former DPWH officials, and contractors.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>October 3, 2025</strong></div><p>The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) filed 12 bid-rigging cases involving collusion instead government procurement.</p><p>Sixteen licensed professionals were referred to the Professional Regulation Commission for administrative sanctions due to fraudulent design and supervision of projects.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>October 10, 2025</strong></div><p>The government launched Citizen Participatory Audit Program, which allows civil society groups and citizens to co-audit DPWH projects.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>October 21, 2025</strong></div><p>The DBM launched the Modernized PhilGEPS Open Data Portal, providing real-time access to project bids, awarded contracts, and procurement records.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>October 23, 2025</strong></div><p>The DPWH-AMLC partnership was formalized to trace, recover, and forfeit illicit wealth tied to infrastructure anomalies.</p><p>The DPWH issued the Special Construction Materials Price Data, which cuts overpricing by up to 50 percent in procurement.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>November 6, 2025</strong></div><p>The Bureau of Internal Revenue filed P8.86 billion worth of tax evasion cases against 89 contractors and 9 DPWH and COA officials.</p><p>Some 98 Letters of Authority were issued to expand investigations into tax fraud and undeclared assets.</p><p>Bid manipulation and bid-rigging complaints were filed against St. Timothy Construction and Silverwolf Construction Corp.</p><div><strong></strong><strong>— With reports from Katrina Domingo, Job Manahan, Rose Carmelle Lacuata, Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, Andrea Taguines, and Agatha Gregorio, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong><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/oeDIB6zcz4Q?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

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Timeline of flood control scandal, according to Marcos

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Published Nov 14, 2025 09:38 AM PHT

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