Manila, Oct. 1 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has discovered PHP125 million worth of farm-to-market road (FMR) projects supposedly completed between 2021 and 2022 but with no actual construction on the ground, DA Spokesperson Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said Wednesday.

"From the more than 4,700 units, we saw nine FMRs na (that are) possibly ghost or ghost projects. Sa record namin at sa audit namin ay hindi nasimulan but sa report ng DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) ay completed (From our records and audit, they were not initiated but in the DPWH report, these were already completed)," he said on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry in Pasay City.

De Mesa said seven of these ro...