CEBU CITY – Controversial contractor Sara Discaya was allowed to post bail of P1 million in connection with the malversation charges she is facing over an alleged P96.5-million ghost flood control project in Davao Occidental. Presiding Judge Nelson Leyco of the Regional Trial Court Branch 27 in...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co is holding out hope that impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte wouldn 't dare "ghost" the Filipino people. "Our one wish is that VP Sara doesn 't ghost the Filipino people on day one of the trial,”...
CEBU CITY – Former Cebu third district Rep. Pablo John Garcia pushed back against allegations that there are ghost projects in Balamban town, western Cebu province. Garcia was reacting to a recent announcement by the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) disclosing two alleged...
Quezon City 5th district Rep. Patrick Michael "PM" Vargas has gained a legal victory in what he has described as a "coordinated smear campaign" against him. This, after Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 81 Presiding Judge Madonna Echiverri dismissed a P1-billion civil case that...
Former Caloocan City Mayor Reynaldo Malonzo on Thursday, May 21, filed corruption charges before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against Caloocan Third District Rep. Dean Asistio, a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer, and six private contractors over alleged...
Complaints involving eight alleged “ghost” farm-to-market road (FMR) pro jects in Davao Occidental worth around P94 million were filed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) before the Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday, May 21, against Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials...
The City of Taguig has no ghost projects, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said. Cayetano made the statement on Tuesday, April 28, after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) led by Secretary Vince Dizon and local officials inspected the Justice, Law and Order (JLaw)...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is investigating the implementation of a farm-to-market road project intended to improve market access for farmers and reduce post-harvest losses in an agricultural town in Albay. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Monday inspected...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) called on all co-accused of contractor Sarah Discaya in the alleged ghost flood control project in Davao Occidental to surrender and avoid the risks of evading law enforcement. Acting PNP Chief, Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., said police...
More personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are set to face preventive suspension amid the ongoing investigation into the controversial “ghost” flood control projects. The agency is coordinating closely with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and the...
Tomomichi Nishimura was best known for providing the voice for characters from iconic anime series like "Slam Dunk" and "Yu Yu Hakusho (Ghost Fighter)." Nishimura had been an active voice actor since the '70s. He will always be remembered for lending his voice to characters such as Coach...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) identified on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at least 252 suspected “ghost projects” in its inspection of government-funded flood control infrastructure programs nationwide. AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said that the findings emerged from the...
