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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Gomez

Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a major corruption scandal, president says

Philippines Flood Control Corruption - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Philippine police will arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that has sparked huge protests and forced implicated congressional leaders to step down, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Friday.

Marcos has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption, which has been blamed for substandard, defective or non-existent flood control projects in a poverty-stricken country, long prone to deadly typhoons, floodings and extreme weather in tropical Asia.

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