Despite ongoing corruption scandals, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) expressed continued confidence in the Philippines and reaffirmed its commitment to actively assist the government in resolving issues. Speaking on the sidelines of the Arangkada Philippines investment forum on Thursday, Sept. 25,...
Sen. Erwin Tulfo, on Thursday, Sept. 25, feels that there may be more names that will come up in the continuing probe of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee into the flood control kickback scheme. Tulfo expressed dismay over Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH) Usec. Robert Bernardo for...
A former security consultant of Ako Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co has named former Hosue Speaker Martin Romualdez as one of the lawmakers whom he said is allegedly involved in the anomalous flood control project scandal. Orly Guteza, Co’s security aide, said that as part of his job, he...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay on Thursday, Sept. 25, slammed accusations made by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo that she was involved in the anomalous flood control projects during her tenure as senator. "Nagugulat at nalulungkot ako na...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, September 25 denied he is involved in any ghost or anomalies in the government’s flood control projects as alleged by a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary. This, after former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) branded as useless the ₱774-million pumping station in Manila which was built supposedly to mitigate flooding in nearby communities. DPWH Secretary Vince B. Dizon said the flood control project, completed in 2020 and located in Tondo, ...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary for Operations Roberto Bernardo on Thursday, Sept. 25, dropped an explosive affidavit detailing the systemic corruption in various projects and naming several legislators, department officials, and political personalities...
The Philippine business community is in synch with other sectors of Filipino society in condemning those responsible for the trillion-peso flood control projects scandal. Many industry groups, including the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, have expressed their outrage and disgust...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. warned that corruption in flood control projects is costing lives and undermining the country’s long-term resilience against disasters, describing it as nothing less than a “crime against the nation.” Teodoro made the remark...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assistant engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez on Wednesday, Sept. 24, surrendered a Lamborghini Urus valued at ₱30 million to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) as part of his continued cooperation in the investigation of...
Malacañang has defended the Independent Commission for Infrastructure 's (ICI) move to obtain information and evidence from government agencies, stressing that it needs all the help it can get in order to make progress in the flood control mess investigation. By doing so does not mean the ICI...
In times of disasters and calamities, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) personnel are among the first to be deployed for emergency response. That is why it pains OCD spokesperson Junie Castillo to learn from the news of the massive corruption involving flood control projects in the government. During a...
