"Ganyan na ba tayo kawalang-hiya ngayon? (Are we really this shameless now?)" This was Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong 's flabbergasted reaction to Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. 's remark regarding Zaldy Co 's resignation. Magalong said this during the hearing of...
Makati City Vice Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr. and minority bloc councilors on Wednesday, Oct. 1, urged Mayor Nancy Binay to immediately withdraw the appointment of a city official as head of the city government’s procurement department following her alleged involvement in the Department of...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta, on Sept. 29, defended his wife after reports surfaced linking her to an insurance company connected to contractors implicated in the multibillion-peso flood control corruption scandal. According to Bilyonaryo 's report, Marcoleta holds a directorship at an insurance...
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...
Whether you tuned in to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing or the House infrastructure inquiry on anomalous flood control projects, you’ve probably heard resource persons drop strange words that didn’t quite mean what they seemed. Then there 's Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Saturday, Sept. 20, said that the ongoing revelations in the flood control corruption probe point to even larger anomalies that took place 2016 to 2022 under the Duterte administration. In a radio interview over at Usapang Senado on DWIZ, Sotto...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, Sept. 20, that testimony from former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan First District Engineering Office head Henry Alcantar could open the proverbial "can of worms" in the flood control investigation. And...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should release a detailed list of ghost and substandard flood control projects to ensure full transparency and accountability, Sen. Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said on Friday, September 19. As such, Aquino said the agency should include the names of...
Days after making a disclosure linking Senators Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada and Joel Villanueva to the flood control projects controversy, physical custody over former Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez stirred a two-hour discussion in the Senate on Monday, Sept. 15. During...
Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, Sept. 15, said a total of 331 flood control projects worth P17 billion with multiple issues were uncovered following the local government’s review of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) flood control projects in the city. The 331 flood control projects...
The influential Makati Business Club (MBC) appealed for calm amid growing public outrage against corruption linked to anomalous flood control projects, noting that the newly created independent commission should be given a chance to deliver results. In a statement on Friday, Sept. 12, the MBC said...
"Receipts" and not say-so, will be the name of the game in Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson 's investigation as incoming chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Lacson said this as he is set to lead the probe into substandard and ghost flood control projects. In an...
