Senator Erwin Tulfo is bent on investigating "new names" once the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumes its probe on the flood control projects corruption scandal. According to Tulfo, committee chairman, the Blue Ribbon panel will continue the investigation on the flood control mess as soon as it...
Not just two times, but four times. This was the correction made by Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's latest "wild insinuations" and "black propaganda" through yet another Facebook live. Firing back at Cayetano, Lacson said that he legitimately earned his wealth...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, July 18, that the government 's efforts to curb corruption involving anomalous flood control projects remain "wanting" one year after President Marcos 's signature "Mahiya naman kayo" remark during his 2025 State of the Nation Address...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's bloc has seemingly abandoned the 18 ex-bodyguards who have been creating noise as bagmen under the flood control projects corruption scandal. Thus, said Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante in a statement Thursday, June 18, two days after the...
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....
A so-called “Blue Ribbon Committee hearing,” announced only by former Congressman Mike Defensor, proceeded on Monday, June 16, even as no senator appeared to be present. No senator from the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was present during the purported hearing. Senator Pia Cayetano, the...
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...
The Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations or the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee said on Tuesday, June 16, that no hearing has been scheduled for June 16. In a statement signed by its chairman, Senator Erwin Tulfo, the panel clarified that the recent announcements...
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...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon criticized the 18 "maleta boys" for failing to appear Monday, June 8 in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing headed by panel chairman Senator Erwin Tulfo. This, after the group of former Marines and bodyguard launched what Ridon called a "sensationalized...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the flood control anomalies following the powerful magnitude 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Mindanao, early morning of Monday, June 8. Sen. Erwin Tulfo, in his opening statement, also called for a minute of silent prayer for the people...
