Gatchalian was referring to the infrastructure spending slowdown experienced last year when corruption schemes in the flood control scam were exposed during congressional inquiries. He specifically commended the Department of Agriculture (DA) for having the most detailed transparency portal among the agencies handling big-ticket items. “In the DA, they have a good transparency portal. In fact, that is the best transparency portal I saw out of all the big-ticket items,” Gatchalian said. “We started doing oversight in the education sector and in fairness to DepEd they opened their own transparency portal,” he noted.

Source: Philippine Star March 08, 2026 16:32 UTC