PNP Intensifies Hunt for Remaining Flood Scam Fugitives
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is intensifying its manhunt for two former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) employees implicated in a P53.9-million anomalous flood control project in Bulacan. Nine individuals have already been arrested, with the PNP confident of soon apprehending the remaining fugitives.
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