Ombudsman files flood control graft case vs Dong Gonzales
The lawsuit comes more than a year after Rappler first reported about Gonzales’ ties to A.D. Gonzales Jr. Construction, which won hundreds of millions of pesos in DPWH contracts
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DPWH project relocates Pampanga community to more flood-prone site – HRW
DPWH spends P150 million dredging an island in Macabebe, and permanently relocating its residents to a former fishpond that chronically floods
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NBI files complaints vs Davao contractor linked to Dutertes
The complaints come after the National Bureau of Investigation started looking into the P1.9-billion flood control projects awarded to Genesis88, located in the district of Davao City Representative Paolo Duterte
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Martin Romualdez now in Payatas jail a week after arrest
(1st UPDATE) The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division ordered Romualdez’s transfer of custody from PGH to Payatas after PGH doctors found that he is in stable condition and no longer in need of hospital confinement
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Rappler Recap: Martin Romualdez jailed in Payatas a week after arrest
Romualdez’s detention comes only a week after his arrest because he was placed under hospital confinement
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[Vantage Point] The Senate’s Villar problem
Putting former DPWH secretary Mark Villar in charge of the oversight desk looks less like legislative stewardship and more like institutional conflict of interest
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NUP decries alleged withholding of infra, social aid funds, seeks quick release
‘The practice of punishing districts and communities for any opinions or votes contrary to majority positions that are expressed by their representatives should be ended,’ NUP says
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COA asks Ombudsman to look into Albay flood control project
State auditors earlier flagged the use of funds for the repair and reconstruction of a consolidation dam in Ligao City, Albay, where a concrete revetment was built instead
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Ayuda to roads: Where the House wants to add billions in the 2027 budget
Rappler tracks which lawmakers proposed a bigger budget for certain agencies and programs
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Does Taguig have ghost flood control projects? The conflicting claims of Dizon and Lacson
Senator Ping Lacson disputes Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon’s statement, saying it contradicted site inspection reports prepared by DPWH personnel
