Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co is urging Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson to first go over the list of alleged project insertions in the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) before making further statements on the flood control projects controversy. "I respectfully...
Affirming that tax collection must be done “efficiently and fairly,” Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza has vowed to modernize tax administration while pledging aggressive prosecution of tax evasion. On Friday, Nov. 14, Mendoza, a former undersecretary at...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co’s video statement is nothing but just “a story.” “As of now, it has no probative value because it was not done under oath,” said Lacson, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Friday, Nov. 14, ordered the urgent reinforcement and restoration of the seawall in Virac, Catanduanes, after it was battered by destructive storm surges during Super Typhoon “Uwan.” The DPWH said the directive follows...
HOTSPOT Sorry to disappoint those expecting commentary about a traditional politician who died this week. Instead, I’m honored to publish here the names etched thus far on the “wall of remembrance” at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani. I hope these heroes inspire us, and be a foil to new “trapo”...
Malacañang has dismissed former lawmaker Zaldy Co’s allegations against President Marcos as “wild accusations” and challenged him to return to the Philippines and prove his claims before the proper authorities. This came after Co, in a Facebook video, alleged that President Marcos ordered...
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) plunged on Friday, Nov. 14, as initially positive sentiment reversed after corruption allegations were hurled against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. by former legislator Zaldy Co. The main index plummeted by 142.64 points, or 2.49 percent, to close at...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, November 14 that the medical records provided by former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee are “outdated.” Gatchalian pointed this out to the senators at the continuation of the blue ribbon panel’s investigation...
President Marcos ' categorical declaration that there is no evidence linking Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez to any flood control project controversy has “finally ended all attempts to make him a political fall guy". Thus, said Robert Ace Barbers, chief political officer of the...
The Philippine peso’s recent decline against the United States (US) dollar reflects growing investor concerns amid the ongoing corruption scandal, leaving the local currency vulnerable to further pressure as capital inflows slow, according to London-based think tank Capital Economics. “The...
Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co claimed on Friday, Nov. 14 that the Marcos administrstion is doing everything in its power to "silence" him. In a six-minute video message simply titled "Part 1", Co--who had been in hiding abroad amid his alleged links to budget insertions and the flood...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is tightening coordination mechanisms and aligning operational strategies with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) as part of the government’s intensified campaign against corruption. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., acting PNP...
