(AP photo) MANILA: Philippine authorities detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday as he tried to quell public outrage over the brazen anomalies that have implicated powerful»»»

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Arrests come amid outrage over ‘ghost’ flood control projects estimated to have cost the Philippines $2bn. Seven people have been arrested in the Philippines as part of an investigation into a sprawling corruption scandal related to flood control projects in the Southeast Asian country, Philippine »»»

MANILA: Philippine authorities detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday (Nov 24) as he tried to quell public outrage over the brazen anomalies that have implicated powerful»»»