{"id":15636,"date":"2025-08-05T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=15636"},"modified":"2025-08-04T23:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:51:43","slug":"pbbm-contractors-of-anomalous-flood-control-projects-to-face-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/pbbm-contractors-of-anomalous-flood-control-projects-to-face-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"PBBM: CONTRACTORS OF ANOMALOUS FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS TO FACE CHARGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong><br>President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said private contractor companies found to be involved in anomalous flood control projects will face government sanctions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>These companies will be blacklisted and potentially face charges, President Marcos said in his \u201cBBM Podcast Episode 3: Sa Likod ng SONA\u201d aired on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe already have some names that are coming up. First of all, corporations that, mga contractor na talagang kitang-kita na hindi maganda ang trabaho nila. We will put them on a blacklist. Hindi na sila puwedeng magkontrata sa gobyerno,\u201d the Chief Executive said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The companies will be required to explain how they used the funds for the projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2018Pag hindi sila makapag-explain nang mabuti, we will have to take it to the next step,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>In his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, the President directed the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Regional Project Monitoring Committee to provide a list of all flood control projects in the past three years and identify the failed and non-existent projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cKinuha na natin \u2018yung listahan. Kaya \u2018yung mahalaga doon sa aming pinag-usapan na isasapubliko natin,\u201d the President said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Marcos encouraged citizens who have witnessed irregularities in flood control projects in their areas to review the list and assist in the investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo, that applies to anything, to all of the projects that will happen. I\u2019m sure maraming magsusumbong diyan,\u201d said the President.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said private contractor companies found to be involved in anomalous flood control projects will face government sanctions. 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