Flood control: Lost funds could have financed farmers – group

September 7, 2025

LUCENA CITY — The billions of pesos lost in alleged anomalous flood control projects could have helped thousands of Filipino farmers and college students, according to peasant group Katarungan.

The group said the funds could have financed over 51,000 farm tractors, irrigated more than 100,000 hectares of farmland, provided start-up capital for at least 118,000 farmers’ cooperatives, and offered scholarships to 250,000 college students.

“While government agencies can easily release public money to contractors and their cohorts in office, farmers find it difficult, almost impossible, to access adequate support,” Danny Carranza, secretary general of Katarungan, said in a statement over the weekend.

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