MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson and Sen. Rodante Marcoleta engaged in a heated exchange just minutes after the blue ribbon committee resumed its probe into the flood control projects scandal on Tuesday. Marcoleta,…
Newly elected Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has ordered Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co to return to the country within 10 days to answer allegations linking him to questionable budget insertions and anomalous public works projects. In…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Dredging operations will soon be conducted along major waterways in Mandaue City as part of ongoing flood mitigation efforts. City Councilor Carlo Fortuna said he will be requesting an update from the Department…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said he has already prepared the full “menu” outlining where the 2026 budget originally intended for flood-control projects will be realigned. Marcos revealed the list at a press conference,…
MANILA, Philippines — Former Public Works and Highways District Engineer Brice Hernandez has returned to the Senate, Senate President Vicente Sotto III confirmed Monday. In a statement, Sotto said Hernandez was brought back following his hearing on…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday released its decision dismissing former Bulacan 1st District Engineer Brice Hernandez, and two other officials of the agency amid fiasco in flood control anomalies.…
BULAKAN, BULACAN — The ghost flood control project in this town cited in the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing over a week ago that was worth P193 million, was not only the most expensive so far of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) implemented over 40 flood control projects in the 4th District of Leyte since 2022. OIC District Engineer Peter Scheler Soco said that majority of these…
ORMOC CITY, Leyte — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte 4th District Engineering Office clarified that the district has no “ghost” flood control projects. This was in response to allegations they received regarding supposed…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A high-ranking official here in Cebu allegedly received a bulletproof Toyota Land Cruiser as a gift from contractor Allan Quirante, owner of QM Builders. But as far as the former and current governors…
MANILA, Philippines — Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong was a no-show in the Senate blue ribbon panel’s probe on the anomalous flood control projects in the country as he prefers to testify first before the House of…
MANILA, Philippines — Contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II named several congressmen and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials who allegedly solicited money from him in exchange for winning government project bids. During the Senate blue ribbon panel’s…
