Creators Against Corruption and BetterGov.ph team up to scrutinize 2027 budget

The coalition will turn budget data into videos, graphics, and public dashboards.

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Nerds & Voices Alliance formed

Creators Against Corruption (CAC) and BetterGov.ph have formed a coalition to analyze the 2027 national budget.

Dubbed the "Nerds & Voices Alliance," the partnership pairs BetterGov.ph’s open-source data analysis with CAC’s network of content creators. The groups said they aim to explain and broadcast findings from the 2027 budget to ordinary Filipinos.

They said public financial reports have long been hard to use, citing PDF tables, budget hearing jargon, and complicated procurement databases.

Under the arrangement, BetterGov.ph’s volunteer software engineers and data scientists will continuously collect and cross-check 2027 line-item budget proposals, historical procurement databases and agency-level realignments, and flag anomalies.

The findings will go to CAC’s verified network of creators, influencers, tech reviewers and citizen watchdogs, who will package them for TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

The groups said the output will include short-form videos, interactive data visualizations, infographics and investigative pieces.

The partnership has three initiatives. The 2027 Budget Radar is a shared pipeline in which BetterGov.ph flags what the groups called suspicious reallocations, repetitive flood control or unprogrammed appropriations, and “contractor tracks,” and queues them for CAC members to break down.

Creator Data Kits will give verified creators plain-language data sheets, verified charts, and interactive calculators. The groups said the kits are meant to keep videos fact-checked and legally sound.

Open Civic Dashboards will be public web tools hosted by BetterGov.ph. They will let citizens search the allocations in their congressional district or municipality under the 2027 budget.

The groups said they have already been working together and will roll out data drops, live breakdowns, and video explainers in the coming weeks.

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