Civil society orgs flag problems with budget, call for changes | ABS-CBN

January 7, 2026

by IBON Foundation

“We also saw 3,049 projects worth cumulatively P218 billion in 226 districts strangely clustering just below the 50 million and 100 million thresholds,” Africa said. “I think these are super statistically impossible anomalies and point to systematic collusions between contractors and legislators.”