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The $2 Billion Flood Control Scandal Rocking the Philippines

The $2 Billion Flood Control Scandal Rocking the Philippines

Update: 2025-12-16
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The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons, but this year’s storms exposed something far uglier: a vast corruption scandal.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks to Bloomberg’s Andreo Calonzo and Rosalind Mathieson about how billions of dollars earmarked for flood control vanished and what the crisis means for the country’s political and economic stability.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The $2 Billion Flood Control Scandal Rocking the Philippines

The $2 Billion Flood Control Scandal Rocking the Philippines

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