At least 421 of about 8,000 flood control projects have been found to be “ghost” or non-existent in inspections undertaken by the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev), according to Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon.
Dizon, in a press briefing on Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), said that the 8,000 project sites inspected were an initial number covered by the AFP, PNP and DEPDev, involving the physical validation of thousands of ongoing and completed infrastructure projects across the country.