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....
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has echoed his fellow House officials ' demand for authorities to unmask the possible masterminds behind the supposed lies peddled by the so-called 18 "maleta boys". Four of the 18 former security aides who had executed affidavits concerning alleged cash...
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...
Despite the recantation of Orly Guteza, a former security aide of resigned lawmaker Zaldy Co, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said 28 uniformed personnel still in active service are ready to provide direct and material information in its investigation involving former House Speaker Martin...
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...
Four former security escorts of resigned lawmaker Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co may be included as respondents in the plunder complaint linked to the flood-control corruption scandal after they allegedly recanted their earlier statements on the supposed delivery of billions of pesos, the Office of the...
If Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice has evidence of anomalies in the flood control projects, he should bring them to the Ombudsman, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro challenged. Castro said Erice should bare everything he knows about the flood control scandal so that he...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla 's allegation that Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez had a hand in the recantation of some members of the so-called 18 "maleta boys" displayed the former 's "extreme prejudice". Thus, said Romualdez in a short statement on Friday afternoon,...
Ombudsman Jesus “Crispin” Remulla has accused the camp of former House speaker Martin Romualdez of being behind the recantation of some of former lawmaker Zaldy Co’s former bodyguards, saying the move shows the camp’s desperation as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has already built a...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, Aug. 7, urged authorities to investigate not only the conflicting statements of the so-called “Maleta Boys” but also the individuals who may be behind the allegations and the confusion surrounding them. Lacson made the call after four of the 18 men...
Sen. Erwin Tulfo said on Friday, Aug. 7, that he expected four of the so-called “maleta boys” to recant their earlier testimonies alleging that they delivered luggage containing flood control kickbacks to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. “I don...
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez 's counsel, lawyer Ade Fajardo, has cited developments in the malversation case against former senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. as indication that the "case" against his client was weak, if not totally unwarranted. Romualdez, a two-time former House...
