Insisting that creating an independent commission to investigate the massive corruption in the government’s infrastructure projects is “nothingness,” Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that President Marcos should just ask Speaker Martin Romualdez to step down. In an...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Monday, September 15 expressed hope that the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) established by President Marcos will bring justice to a nation that is “drowning” as a result of corruption. Lacson also said he has high hopes...
President Marcos said that the newly-formed Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) wants to get something done as quickly as possible and agreed to meet daily. Marcos said the commission intends to fast-track its probe into anomalous flood control projects so as not to waste the...
It 's not enough to only discover how much public funds have been stolen, the unfinished and substandard projects must also be redone and completed, President Marcos said. And the reimplementation of those projects will no longer be paid for by the government, Marcos said as he insisted that...
President Marcos has named retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr. as chair of the newly created Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), which will probe corruption and irregularities in flood control and related government projects. In a press conference in Malacañan on...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Sunday, September 14 that he will formally ask President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify the proposed Independent People’s Commission as urgent to expedite the passage of the bill. Sotto said Senate Bill No. 1215 primarily...
President Marcos has tapped three seasoned reformists to take on one of the toughest jobs in government today: rooting out corruption in flood control and infrastructure projects. The newly created Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), formed under Executive Order No. 94, will...
Malacañang announced two of the three members forming the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), a body created to investigate alleged corruption, irregularities, and misuse of funds in government flood control and other infrastructure projects over the past decade. In a press briefing...
President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 94, creating the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), a powerful fact-finding body tasked to investigate corruption and irregularities in flood control and other public works projects. Based on the EO, the ICI’s immediate priority...
President Marcos said he will announce the composition and mandate of the independent commission tasked to investigate flood control anomalies within the next 24 hours. "Within the next 48 hours, I will already announce the powers that we are granting to the independent commission and the members...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Sunday, September 7 said he supports President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s directive to create an independent commission to investigate anomalies in the country’s flood control projects to dispel doubts about the ongoing investigations into...
Malacañang said President Marcos wants the independent commission tasked to investigate anomalies at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to have subpoena power. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Thursday, Sept. 4. that Marcos wants the...
