Manila, Sept. 24 -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was outraged by reports of alleged kickbacks in government infrastructure projects and substandard flood control structures in Bulacan province said Wednesday.

In a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Marcos does not condone any form of abuse by erring government workers or their conspirators, including the misuse of public funds.

"Galit po ang Pangulo sa ganyan. Kaya nga po pinasimulan niya ang pag-iimbestiga na ito at sa ngayon po nakikita natin kung gaano ba nagiging mapang-abuso ang karaniwang mamamayan at kasabwat ang ilang mga public officials (The President is angry about that. That's why he initiated the investigation and now we can see how abusive some ordin...