FACT CHECK: Martin Romualdez remains detained in Payatas jail
The lawmaker is still in detention at the New Quezon City Jail for his multibillion-peso plunder case tied to the flood control controversy
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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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Ombudsman probes Cagayan’s Jojo Lara for potential plunder over construction ties
The investigation comes a year after Rappler first reported about Lara’s ties to JLL Pulsar, which has bagged P3.7 billion in contracts from the DPWH since 2020, coinciding with Lara’s congressional career
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[Vantage Point] JAZA’s painful question: Why aren’t we winning?
The numbers explain why I found Jaime Zobel de Ayala’s speech before the Makati Business Club more unsettling than inspirational
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Why Ombudsman Remulla thinks it’s important for SC to reverse ‘main plunderer’ doctrine
Under the doctrine, the prosecution must name a ‘main plunderer’ and prove that the accused personally received or benefited from the stolen money. Remulla’s interpretation of that: ‘The smarter the thief, the safer he is.’
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Sandiganbayan slaps Jinggoy Estrada with new 90-day suspension order
The anti-graft court orders a copy of the ruling served on the office of Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian for implementation
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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 ordered transferred from PGH to Payatas jail
(1st UPDATE) PGH doctors find that Romualdez is in stable condition and no longer needs confinement
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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
