The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, was a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines. Politicians diverted billions of pesos from the PDAF to fake NGOs controlled by private business people, especially Janet Lim-Napoles. Around ₱10 billion (~$200M) was siphoned, involving senators and congress members. The Supreme Court struck down the PDAF system after mass protests. This scandal shook national trust and led to major debates on transparency and government spending in the Philippines Ongoing controversy over billions of pesos allocated to flood control infrastructure that is either poorly built, unfinished, or never constructed “ghost projects”. Estimates suggest hundreds of billions in public funds may have been misused or mismanaged, making it one of the largest scandals in modern ...