Yearend 2025: Record flood control corruption unravels

In his 2024 State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the completion of 5,000 flood control projects nationwide. But the flooding that followed Typhoon Carina—striking during and after his speech that year—cast doubt on that claim. A year later, during his fourth Sona on July 28, 2025, Marcos publicly scolded government