MANILA, Aug. 27 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered a lifestyle check on all government officials as part of the administration's widening investigation into anomalous flood control projects, Malacanang said Wednesday.

"Ipinag-utos ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ang pagkakaroon ng lifestyle check sa lahat ng mga opisyal sa gitna ng imbestigasyon sa ma-anomalyang flood control projects (The President has ordered a lifestyle check on all government officials amid the investigation into anomalous flood control projects)," Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in a media briefing.

Castro noted that the lifestyle check covers the entire executive department, beginning with officials of the Department of Public Works and ...