Even the country’s main public hospital in Manila appeared to have not been spared from the flood control controversy. And Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has all the reasons to be furious since after one and a half year since the flood control at the Philippine General Hospital...
The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied a bid by a co-accused of former Ako Bicol party-list representative Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co to inhibit its justices from hearing their malversation case. In a resolution dated June 17, the court denied former Department of Public Works and Highways...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, June 17 announced he is voluntarily relinquishing the chairmanship of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, one of the most powerful panels in the Upper Chamber. Lacson made the manifestation hours after the Senate majority formally elected Sen....
House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has expressed utter disdain toward the so-called 18 Marine-bagmen, calling them "fake" and not even worth his time. Speaking in a chance interview with House reporters, Rep. Marcos couldn 't even stomach calling the 18 Marines...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada said he has taken steps to ensure that he would not use the powers and privileges of his office to shield himself from the allegations against him following the Sandiganbayan Second Division 's order placing him under a 90-day preventive suspension. READ:...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 16 vowed to hold the former bodyguards of ex-congressman Zaldy Co accountable for linking him and members of his family to the flood control scam. This, after the 18 ex-bagmen of Co accused the senator during a press conference led by former...
The Senate is considering filing legal charges against former congressman Mike Defensor for announcing a supposed Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on flood control anomalies online despite having no authority. Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian pointed to...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) intensified its investigation into alleged irregularities involving flood control infrastructure projects in 2026, with 209 complaints undergoing fact-finding investigation and four cases already filed before the courts, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said on...
Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian warned on Monday, June 15 that any hearing or investigation to be conducted outside of the domain of the duly constituted Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will not carry any legal weight or institutional authority. Gatchalian...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Sunday, June 14 that whoever is behind the possible destabilization plot involving the 18 former soldiers cannot undermine the professionalism in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). Lacson noted that they...
Sen. Erwin Tulfo said on Saturday, June 13, that Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan is being eyed to lead a subcommittee that will handle the chamber’s investigation into the anomalous flood control projects. In an interview on DWIZ, Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, explained that...
Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Saturday, June 13, lauded Sen. Erwin Tulfo for standing firm against peer pressure to tolerate wrongdoing when he upheld his duty to help disclose the truth behind the anomalies in defective and ghost flood control projects. Lacson cited Tulfo 's confirmation in...
