When tremors struck parts of Mindanao and the Visayas in recent weeks, power lines failed, phone signals dropped, and mobile data slowed.

Some raise walls that hold. Others cash in and walk away.

When Finance Secretary Ralph Recto revealed that ghost flood control projects drained between ₱42.3 billion and ₱118.5 billion from the Philippine economy between 2023 and 2025, the figures were meant to shock.

Billions have been poured into flood control projects, yet entire communities remain underwater — not only in floodwaters, but in fraud.

Every ghost project is a monument to betrayal — built not in stone, but in the fractured soul of this nation.

A nation is not connected by cables alone, but by the fairness of who gets to plug in.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared a firm commitment to intensifying efforts to restore the Pasig River and transform it into a vital modern transport and tourism corridor, while addressing long-standing environmental and urban challenges.

We all want faster, cheaper internet. Parents struggling with online classes, farmers needing real-time weather data, entrepreneurs reaching markets beyond their barangay—connectivity is no longer a luxury. It is a lifeline.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was visibly angry when he stood on a patch of grassy riprap in Baliwag, Bulacan, where government records claimed a ₱55.7-million riverwall had already been built and fully paid for.

The Department of Budget and Management has announced a fresh borrowing spree: ₱1.7 trillion for this year alone.

The Committee on Public Accounts, led by Rep. Terry Ridon, has begun pulling at the loose threads of our flood control programs—and what is emerging is a tapestry of ghost projects, substandard materials, and brazen collusion.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is the institution that carries the wires of the nation. But, it remains to be seen whether it has the moral fiber to distinguish between what is properly charged to the people and what is rightly borne by the corporation.

When President Marcos Jr. boomed “Mahiya naman kayo” in the context of public works delays, it wasn’t an offhand quip.

Despite the turbulent weather, the Monday Circle Forum at The Westin Manila hummed with quiet anticipation.

For years, NGCP—the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines—has operated like an empire behind the wires: cloaked in technicality, shielded by privilege, and emboldened by a regulatory fog thick enough to hide their more indulgent habits.

The ERC, under Chair Monalisa Dimalanta, continues its unlikely transformation from regulatory wallflower to reformist headliner.

There is a sense of disquiet—of something unfinished—in the resignation of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair and CEO Monalisa C. Dimalanta, who stepped down in July 2025, leaving behind a regulatory post not just technical in nature but moral in expectation.

urbulent weather, Dr. Cielo D. Magno PhD — also known as Prof. Cielo — economist, former Finance Undersecretary, current University of the Philippines professor, and rising social media voice, made a striking appearance at the Monday Circle Forum, a private gathering of business and financial thought leaders held regularly at The Westin Manila in Ortigas.

In a world grappling with division, distrust, and disillusionment, the Catholic Church stands at a historic crossroads.

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