Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Monday, November 24 that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is ready to release a partial report on its investigation on the anomalous government flood control projects. “We will file a partial committee report, based on the...
DAVAO CITY – Pwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat party-list Rep. Harold Duterte welcomed on Monday, Nov. 24, the filing of charges and arrest of individuals implicated in the flood-control scandal. In a statement, Duterte described the development as an initial but insufficient step toward full...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon assured the public that the first arrests linked to anomalous flood control projects are just the opening salvo in a sweeping accountability drive across the agency. Dizon said more individuals involved in the irregularities will...
President Marcos has urged remaining individuals with warrants of arrest over flood control anomalies, including resigned lawmaker Zaldy Co, to surrender as he announced Monday, Nov. 24, that seven were already under custody. In a video message, Marcos reported that out of the 16 individuals with...
Spending on hard infrastructure fell by almost a third in the third quarter, simultaneously missing the government’s target to ramp up disbursements for the period, as public spending faced tighter scrutiny in the aftermath of the flood-control scandal. Data from the Department of Budget and...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Sunday, Nov. 23, that the Marcos administration’s sincerity to go after those involved in the flood control corruption scandal, which allegedly includes his cousin—former speaker Martin Romualdez—will be tested as the government starts to file charges....
Amid persistent criticism that the Office of the Ombudsman’s probe was all talk, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Saturday, Nov. 22, that the arrest orders for resigned congressman Zaldy Co and 17 others were proof that those doubts were misplaced. Lacson had this...
Several youth groups and student organizations staged a lightning protest at the Mendiola Peace Arch in Manila on Friday, Nov. 21, urging President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and all public officials involved in rampant corruption to resign and be held accountable...
The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will now turn over all evidence they have gathered on alleged flood control anomalies to the Office of the Ombudsman, President Marcos announced. In a video message uploaded to his social...
Malacañang said there is no internal investigation in the Cabinet over the flood control anomalies after some of its members resigned while some are being linked to the massive infrastructure corruption. Palace Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said there is no...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Thursday, November 20 urged former congressman Zaldy Co to return to the Philippines and formally place his allegations against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. under oath. Aquino said the former lawmaker should reveal all that he knows about the...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Wednesday, November 19, brushed off calls for his resignation amid allegations linking him to an alleged flood control controversy, saying the claims circulating so far are baseless and unsupported by facts. In an ambush interview at the...
