Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, September 10 said an internal cleansing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will be one of his priorities as its new chairman. Lacson said an internal cleansing of the panel is in order after an alleged staff of Sen. Jinggoy...
"Receipts" and not say-so, will be the name of the game in Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson 's investigation as incoming chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Lacson said this as he is set to lead the probe into substandard and ghost flood control projects. In an...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson will replace Senator Rodante Marcoleta as the chairperson of the premier Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. This was confirmed by newly-elected Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III in a Viber message late Monday night, Aug. 8, after he was asked...
Wawao Builders General Manager Mark Allan Arevalo, on Monday, Sept. 8, admitted before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that his company’s contractor license was forcibly used in a scheme to corner infrastructure projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Under...
A Senate panel cited on Monday, Sept. 8, cited former Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez in contempt for his denial regarding questions related to gambling in casinos. The motion was made by Senator Erwin Tulfo during the hearing of the Senate Blue...
Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya and Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya on Monday, Sept. 8, dropped a bombshell statement alleging that lawmakers and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials routinely demanded kickbacks of up to 25 percent from government-funded flood control projects, who...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero has approved the issuance of subpoenas to five contractors and three officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to compel their attendance the public hearing on irregularities surrounding the flood control projects across the...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to place several officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and contractors involved in the anomalous flood control projects on the Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO). In separate letters dated Aug. 27...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Tuesday, Sept. 2, revealed the strong possibility that contractors’ licenses are being rented out by dummy companies and even by officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In an ANC interview, Tulfo, Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Vice Chairperson, said...
Cezarah (Sarah) Discaya said on Monday, Sept. 1, that her nine construction companies sometimes compete against each other in public bidding for government contracts under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). She said this under questioning from Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy...
Two out of fifteen (15) contractors who received the lion 's share or 20 percent worth P100 billion of the country 's flood control budget for the past three years, denied involvement in ghost projects currently being investigated by the government. Contractors were grilled by senators...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Tuesday, August 19, expressed his belief that some flood control projects in Bulacan may be “ghost projects.” During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, Bonoan said under questioning by Senate President Pro Tempore...
