The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has filed graft and malversation charges against former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co and several Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials over an allegedly anomalous ₱77-million flood control project in Balagtas, Bulacan,...
Quezon City is using two public spaces as flood-control facilities capable of collectively storing approximately 14,169.5 cubic meters of rainwater to help reduce flooding during the rainy season. The capacity comes from the newly inaugurated Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC) Open Field and the lagoon...
Detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta said his respect for Master Sergeant Orly Guteza remains intact despite the soldier’s release of a statement on Aug. 19 that contradicted his earlier testimony before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Marcoleta said Guteza’s latest statement was not...
The UP Resilience Institute-NOAH Center believe that it is important to predict floods. You may ask, why make such predictions when most Filipinos already know where it floods? Why not just focus on making solutions? According to the institute, prediction is understanding the problem. If solutions...
Responding to earlier statements made by the camp of former House speaker Martin Romualdez, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said a recantation does not erase a witness’ previous statement but instead becomes additional evidence that investigators must evaluate. On Thursday, Aug. 27,...
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez’s legal counsel reiterated on Thursday, Aug. 27 that the Office of the Ombudsman had no case whatsoever against the former House Speaker in connection with the flood control projects corruption scandal. As such, lawyer Ade Fajardo said there was no reason...
Malacañang said it remains open to the flood control master plan developed during the administration of the late former President Benigno Aquino III, despite the plan not being endorsed by the Duterte administration. While the current administration said it is not closing its doors to the...
A P162.9-million boost in the 2026 budget of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), facilitated by Sen. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson and then Senate finance committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian, helped the agency integrate artificial intelligence(AI) in its anti-money laundering efforts this year....
Former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has raised the possibility of "pre-written" affidavits against him, as well as "recruited" witnesses, in connection with the flood control projects mess. Romualdez is pressing the Office of the Ombudsman to answer these allegations...
Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has received assurance from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that local water detention facilities and other flood mitigation projects are now in the pipeline and included in the government’s broader flood management...
Former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez highlighted that the people named as companions in alleged deliveries of cash-filled luggages or "maletas" have denied any part in such activities. This was a major takeaway from Romualdez 's Supplemental Counter-Affidavit Ex...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) told House of Representatives members that it has tightened requirements for the planning infrastructure projects as part of reforms following the flood control projects corruption. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon led the agency’s contignent in the...
