President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has raised concerns over procurement practices in the government’s ₱545-billion flood control program, after finding that about ₱100 billion worth of contracts, or 20% of the total budget, went to just 15 contractors.
“That’s something we have to dig deeper into,” Marcos said in a briefing on Monday, adding that some projects had identical contract amounts, designs, and materials despite being in different locations. He clarified that releasing the names of the companies was “not tantamount to accusing anyone of anything yet.”
Data from the Records
Government records show that from July 2022 to May 2025, the Marcos administration implemented 9,885 flood control projects nationwide. Of the 2,409 contractors eligible to bid, only a handful of firms received the lion’s share of contracts.
Discrepancies in the Project Reports
According to the same records, more than 6,000 projects worth over ₱350 billion lacked detailed descriptions of the specific type of flood control structures built, repaired, or rehabilitated.
Despite being high-risk flood areas, provinces such as Nueva Ecija, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, and Oriental Mindoro were not among the top 10 provinces by project allocation. Instead, the largest shares went to:
- Metro Manila – ₱52.57 billion
- Central Luzon – ₱98.01 billion
- Bicol Region – ₱49.61 billion
The President warned that contractors linked to anomalies or failed projects will be blacklisted and may face charges. To lessen the alleged anomalous or non-operational flood-control projects, Marcos urged the public to share information on the government’s newly launched “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website.
“We need the citizens to play their part, their civic duty to report to the government what they see as being wrong,” he said.
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