Malacañang clarified that the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) already has its full P41-million budget, disputing outgoing commissioner, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio “Babes” Singson’s claim that the funding “never reached” the body and existed “only in the...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, December 4 renewed his push for the passage of the measure establishing the Independent People’s Commission (IPC). Pangilinan made the call in light of the resignation of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio...
Malacañang said it respects the decision of Rogelio "Babes" Singson to resign as one of the commissioners of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI). Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said they understand why Singson resigned, considering the...
Unicapital Inc., one of the Philippines’ leading independent investment houses, has appointed Karen Singson, a former finance undersecretary as its new managing director. Singson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Harvard Business School graduate, brings more than two decades of experience...
Vice President Sara Duterte shrugged off allegations linking her to supposed destabilization efforts against the government, calling it as mere gossip. In a media interview in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11, Duterte said the claims she is one of the financiers of a supposed destabilization...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte criticized the filing of a plunder case against former Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson, calling it politically motivated and an assault on free speech. In a statement released to the media on Monday, Oct. 20, Rep....
Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson met Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday in Rome, Italy, a meeting he described as a spiritually moving experience. The encounter with the pontiff, the first American to hold the office, marked a significant moment in Singson 's personal faith journey....
Malacañang has called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to investigate former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson for possible inciting to sedition after his remarks urging students to rise for a “revolution against corruption.”...
The three-member Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has buckled down to work to investigate irregularities in government infrastructure projects, prioritizing flood control, ICI special adviser and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said on Tuesday, Sept. 16. Magalong said the panel,...
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...
The P450 billion congressional insertions in the 2025 national budget became the source of massive corruption in project approvals and implementation across the agency, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Rogelio Singson said. Singson made the statement in a...
