MANILA, Philippines — Private contractors and their cohorts in government should be made to account for the bad roads, especially in the countryside, a clear indicator of the prevalence of corruption in public works projects, presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Monday. Lacson lamented how the government poured billions of public funds into road projects, but only to end up wasted as most of these projects get ruined in just a span of six months. Lacson vowed to go after erring contractors should he become the country’s 17th president as his entourage passed by some stretches of badly paved roads from Pangasinan to Santa Rosa in Nueva Ecija. He said paved roads were supposed to last for many years. —MELVIN GASCONRELATED STORYCOA to DPWH: Sanction erring contractorsRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 22, 2022 06:59 UTC