The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) denied on Tuesday, Dec. 30, the allegations made by Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste that DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon made budget insertions for flood control projects when he was still head of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). In...
Former executive secretary Lucas Bersamin emphatically denied having "allocables" under the 2025 national budget. In a statement, Bersamin said he did not request nor authorized any budget allocation from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). "I am aghast and outraged at the...
Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives are set to formally sign the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 this afternoon. Senate Committee on Finance chairman Sherwin Gatchalian and House Committee on Appropriations...
There will be more. Malacañang said the investigation on the massive flood control anomalies did not end on Christmas. After the Discayas, there will be more individuals thrown behind bars in the new year, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Dave Gomez said in a statement on Friday,...
Malacañang maintained that documents dubbed "Cabral files" or the "DPWH list" remain questionable, stressing that there is no proof that the lists indeed came from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday, Dec. 23, turned over computers and documents from the office of the late former Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral to the Office of the Ombudsman for forensic review amid an ongoing probe. DPWH undersecretaries Nicasio Conti, Arthur...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Tuesday, Dec. 23, that senators who were elected in the May midterm polls can 't be among those who had budget insertions in the 2025 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The insertion allegations were made by...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Tuesday, Dec. 23, that due to security concerns, there will be no holiday furlough for contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya II and three former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers detained at the Senate in connection...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said contractor spouses Pacifico “Curlee” and Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya are allegedly threatening their former employees who may testify against them and blackmailing lawmakers and seeking payment to avoid their inclusion in the so-called “ledger” of...
Following the arrest of contractor Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya in connection with the alleged P96.5-million ghost flood control project in Davao Occidental, Mayor Vico Sotto reminded the public not to fall for propaganda portraying the Discaya couple as merely “small fish” or just...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta believes that the death of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral could have legal implications on the ongoing controversy surrounding flood control projects. Speaking in an interview on Net 25, Marcoleta said that, from...
CEBU CITY — There will be no special treatment that will be given to contractor Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya, who was committed to a detention facility in Lapu-Lapu City along with eight other individuals accused of being involved in a multi-million anomalous flood control project. “That 's...
