Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla assured senators that the agency will pursue the filing of cases against those involved in the delivery of “ghost” and substandard flood control projects soon. At the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s...
President Marcos’ intensified anti-corruption campaign is not being pursued to cement his political legacy but to address systemic anomalies in government projects, Malacañang said. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this amid ongoing investigations and demonstrations prompted by...
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...
Detained former Bulacan first district assistant engineer Brice Hernandez has been brought back to the Senate on Monday, September 15. This, after the Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 112 heard the writ of amparo petition that his camp filed asking for a temporary protection order and to be...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Friday, September 12 that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will continue its investigation into the corruption behind anomalous flood control projects in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) even though Malacañang has...
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...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Thursday, September 11 that he is willing to give away one month worth of his pension just to see a “perfectly executed flood control project anywhere in the Philippines.” “Naghahanap nga ako (I’m looking) for a perfectly...
The Senate on Wednesday, September 10 ordered that former Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez be transferred to the Pasay City Jail. This, after the Senate Minority bloc, led by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano moved to question Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s...
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...
The trail of discoveries tied to the alleged flood control corruption appears far from over. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Tuesday, Sept. 9, bared fresh revelations of massive corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), linking officials and...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, September 9 reiterated he has no flood control projects, denying a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assistant district engineer’s accusation he had a P600-million worth of this under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Villanueva...
