Mass protests erupt in Manila over flood-control corruption | Protests News

Thousands marched in Manila to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

Rage over the so-called “ghost infrastructure” projects has been mounting in the Southeast Asian country since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr put them centre stage in a July State of the Nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding.

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