Apart from substandard and non-existent flood control projects, of which some of the ghost projects are even funded year after year, another dimension in this continually growing scandal has emerged. An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources told the Senate finance committee yesterday that a flood control project in Laguna de Bay is actually a reclamation project, which is supposed to be prohibited in the lake and could actually be exacerbating flooding in the lakeside communities.

Reclamation, not flood control. (2025, October 28). The Philippine Star, p. 6.