MALACAÑANG vowed to fast-track the repair and completion of more than 1,000 unfinished classrooms.

This comes after President Marcos ordered a probe into alleged corruption in infrastructure projects, following a Department of Education (DepEd) report that over 1,000 classrooms turned over by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were “unusable.”

“Kung ano po ang maaaring mapakinabangan at kailangang ayusin, dapat po itong tapusin at ayusin sa pinakamabilis na panahon para magamit agad, dahil sayang po ang perang inilaan dito,” Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said.

“Kung kinakailangan pong kumpunihin, dapat makumpuni nang agaran,” she added.

Castro stressed that the President—and the Filipino people—are dismayed by revelations of substandard projects.

“Hindi lamang po ang Pangulo ang malulungkot, lahat po tayong taumbayan ay malulungkot po sa nakita at nasabing ganiyan, na kumbaga itong mga proyektong ‘to ay para sa kalahatan, para sa ikagiginhawa ng mga kababayan natin, pero ang mga gumiginhawa ay iyong mga tao lamang na siyang nagpapayaman,” she said.