PNP‑CIDG hands over 95 boxes of flood‑control documents to ICI in widening ‘ghost projects’ probe

The Philippine National Police–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP‑CIDG) on Monday, Dec. 1, turned over 95 boxes of documents related to alleged ‘ghost’ flood‑control projects to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), officials said.

The trove contains technical validation reports and other evidence gathered by CIDG teams during field inspections across the country. The documents are believed to cover dozens of suspect flood‑control works that government engineers and auditors flagged as nonexistent or never built in spite of public funds having been released.

ICI stated that the documents will feed into its case build-up against alleged perpetrators.

The submission marks the latest in a growing scandal: the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently reported that at least 421 out of some 8,000 flood‑control projects checked by inspectors have been identified as ‘ghost projects.’

Authorities say they intend to file charges—including graft, malversation of public funds, and falsification of public documents—against government officials and contractors who were found responsible.

Meanwhile, ICI officials said they expect ‘an influx of information,’ as agencies including the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continue field verification of flood‑control sites nationwide.