A former national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) says that attempts to brand former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez as the "mastermind" of the flood control projects mess reeks of prejudgment. Lawyer Ade Fajardo, Romualdez’s counsel, pointed out...
One-time Senate Blue Ribbon Committee witness Orly Guteza 's first affidavit on the flood control mess was compromised to begin with. Former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez--whom Guteza accused of receiving cash luggage (maleta) payoffs from anomalous or "ghost" flood...
Former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez highlighted that the people named as companions in alleged deliveries of cash-filled luggages or "maletas" have denied any part in such activities. This was a major takeaway from Romualdez 's Supplemental Counter-Affidavit Ex...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) told House of Representatives members that it has tightened requirements for the planning infrastructure projects as part of reforms following the flood control projects corruption. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon led the agency’s contignent in the...
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has argued that the Office of the Ombudsman cannot simply brush aside sworn recantations of individuals like they mean nothing. In his recent Supplemental Counter-Affidavit Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam, Romualdez says the Ombudsman must assess both the original...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla on Tuesday, Aug. 25 called Davao City the "epicenter of flood control" and cited the massive "ecosystem of corruption" there during the agency’s budget hearing at the House of Representatives. Remulla floated these phrases as he fielded questions from...
Former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez is pressing the Office of the Ombudsman to make up its mind whether or not the supposed evidence it has against him can stand on its legs. In the 25-page Supplemental Counter-Affidavit Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam, filed last Thursday, Aug....
President Marcos cited unfinished and nonexistent flood-control projects in Bulacan as the reason for the flooding in Central Luzon. In an interview after holding a situation briefing in San Fernando City, Pampanga, on Monday, Aug. 24, Marcos said the existing flood-control system in the region was...
A former national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has criticized the quality--of lack thereof--of the Ombudsman 's investigation on Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez when it comes to the flood control projects mess. Lawyer Ade Fajardo, Romualdez 's legal...
The camp of former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez will be filing on Thursday, Aug. 20 a supplemental counter-affidavit before the Ombudsman following the reported recantation of flood control projects mess witness Orly Guteza. "Representative Martin Romualdez will be filing...
Fed up with the floods caused by the Habagat-strengthened rains, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co went off on the government on Friday, Aug. 14 as she sought genuine solutions to the flood control corruption issue. In particular, Co complained of the widespread flooding caused by the unyielding...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 11 that the sheer necessity of flood control projects led to the restoration of these items in the country 's spending plan, specifically in the P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP)...
