21/09/2025
๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ง
We, The Heritage, along with the Executive Council of Student Organizations of Universidad de Santa Isabel de Naga, Inc. - Higher Education Department, firmly denounce the outright plundering of public coffers by the very leaders who have the duty to serve and protect the Filipino people.
The anomalies involved in flood control projects are the latest addition to the governmentโs notorious portfolio of corruption. The embezzlement of billions of taxpayersโ money is business-as-usual for self-serving politicians, who treat public office as a means to enrich themselves. ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ: ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Every year, millions of Filipinos bear the brunt of more frequent and intense flooding, escalated by the worsening climate crisis. Lives are lost, homes are destroyed, and livelihoods are disrupted. For far too long, the Filipino people have been forced to resort to resilience because basic necessities for survival were either unavailable or inaccessible. They have always been left grappling to survive, and were never given a chance to thrive. Our countrymen braved floods, but many were submerged in this monstrosityโincidents that could have been prevented if effective flood control measures were in place.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐. The Philippines has spent nearly two trillion pesos on flood control efforts, only for gargantuan amounts to be diverted to the pockets of those in power. Systemic corruption leaves the people defenseless against climate disasters, as it drains the money meant to protect them.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ. Education, healthcare, and social services remain crippled because facilities remain unfinished, and more than half of what little allocation for such sectors is potentially being stolen for personal gain.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
We stand united with every Filipino in demanding accountability, transparency, and integrity. We call on the government to:
โข Ensure that corrupt government officials and contractors are held accountable
โข Implement measures that guarantee transparency in the use of public funds
โข Enforce mechanisms that prevent corrupt practices in the government; and
โข Safeguard funds for climate adaptation efforts
๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. The government may not hope to assuage the outrage and discontent of the people whose trust they betrayed, and the hard work they blatantly disregarded.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒโ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๏ฝก
Co-signed:
USI - Teacher Education Program
USI - Arts and Sciences Studentsโ Association
USI - Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology
Vincentian Performing Arts Company
Teatro de Sta. Luisa-USI
USI Guides
USI - Central Student Government
USI - Hospitality Management
Nursing Students' Association - USI Chapter
AFS Intercultural Programs - USI Naga Chapter
USI - Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology
Isabel Debate Association
USI- Physical Therapy Student Organization
USI-League of Business Students
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18p3yHHKBg/
