09/09/2025
Mayor Magalong was right this country is bleeding from greed.
He revealed that certain corrupt lawmakers are stashing their kickbacks from fraudulent flood control projects inside upscale condominium units they’ve turned into “room vaults.” Not homes, not investments entire bedrooms stacked with money that was never theirs to begin with.
He recalled one lawmaker who was drunk at the time, bragging about his vault room:
“Maya-maya nagyabang ‘yung congressman. Isinama niya ‘yung provider niya dun sa kwarto. Nagulat ‘yung provider dahil napakalaki pala talaga ng perang nandoon.”
Magalong even shared how a fellow congressman admitted his shame:
“Meron nga akong congressman na nakausap, sabi niya nga, ‘Nakakahiya na rito sa mga colleagues ko. Ako na mismo nahihiya. They’re no longer using cash vaults. They’re using room vaults.’”
These officials deliberately choose luxury condos because of the tight security turning buildings meant for living into fortresses of corruption. To show the scale, Magalong illustrated:
“Are you aware that if you are stealing P1 billion in a year, that’s P2.7 million a day? Magkano ‘yung kinikita ng mga taxi driver d’yan, P500. Imagine, ‘yung mga vendors P400 nagbabayad pa ‘yan ng tax. Sila ninakaw na nga nila billions of pesos, wala pang tax kaya nakakalula talaga. Kaya alangan naman na papabayaan na lang natin, tatahimik na lang ba tayo?”
Think about that. One billion pesos in cash stacked high five feet tall. While drivers take home P500 after a grueling day, and vendors scrape P400 and still pay taxes, lawmakers hide billions tax-free behind locked doors.
Magalong didn’t stop there. He acknowledged how slippery these people are:
“Alam mo ang gagaling na nila eh… Karamihan ng mga properties nila wala sa pangalan nila e, pero mati-trace mo naman ‘yan. May mga paper trails. Of course you’re going to interview neighbors, you’re going to interview certain people na may personal knowledge, at magkakaroon ka lagi ng lead.”
He also pointed out how the truth is no secret inside Congress itself:
“Alam mo pag tinanong mo sa House of Representatives, alam na alam nila kung sino. Alam nila. Nagmamaang-maangan lang sila pero alam nila. Ang nakakalungkot dito, bakit parang takot silang banggitin ‘yung pangalan nila ‘no? Kaya nga gusto ko na humarap diyan sa House, diyan sa inquiry nila para banggitin ko ‘yan e.”
And while all this happens, ordinary Filipinos keep suffering. Workers can’t find jobs with fair wages. Jeepney drivers beg for fare hikes. Families live in cramped homes that flood every storm. Public healthcare is underfunded, with PhilHealth receiving zero subsidy in the 2025 budget. Yet lawmakers brag about vault rooms stacked high with billions.
This is not just about floods or inflation. It’s about greed. Greed so insatiable it drains the nation dry, robs hope from the poor, and turns the people’s treasury into a private piggy bank.
Public funds are not your vault. Not your inheritance. Not your play money.
This isn’t just about floods or inflation. It’s about greed. A greed so bottomless, it robs hope from the very people leaders are meant to serve.
Meanwhile, out here in the real world, ordinary Filipinos scrape and sacrifice. Workers can’t find jobs with fair wages. Many are forced to juggle side hustles selling online, driving deliveries, taking whatever extra work they can just to keep up with rising prices and bills. And the little they earn still gets taxed
Tax money belongs to the people. Every bill you hoard, every centavo you pocket, is another weight ordinary Filipinos are forced to carry.
And if after all of this you can still laugh, drink, and brag about your billions then shame is a word you have long forgotten.
