US EditionPowerful politicians will be in jail by Christmas for corruption scandal, Philippine president says
- On Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said many of at least 37 suspects would be jailed by Christmas after an independent fact-finding commission filed criminal complaints.
- Probe files show 9,855 flood-control projects under scrutiny worth more than 545 billion pesos, while Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said up to 118.5 billion pesos may have been lost since 2023.
- The Anti-Money Laundering Council issued seven freeze orders covering 1,671 bank accounts, 144 real estate properties, 244 vehicles, and assets worth 6.3 billion pesos, Marcos said.
- Public outrage has erupted with protests planned this weekend and on Nov. 30, while Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pledged that nobody would be exempted from investigations.
- The lawsuits aim to recover stolen funds, Marcos said, with implicated lawmakers including former House Speaker Martin Romualdez who denies wrongdoing, following deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi that left at least 232 dead last week.
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ICI determined to uncover ‘connivance’ among agencies in flood control probe - BusinessWorld Online
By Erika Mae P. Sinaking THE Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) is working to determine how government agencies allegedly colluded, its officials said as it deepened probe of anomalous flood control projects, even as political blowbacks and economic ripples converge around the 10-week-old investigation. “We have made it our mission to exact justice on those who stole from the people through anomalous infrastructure projects,” ICI ex…
Marcos vows to jail dozens of flood graft-linked politicians by
MANILA: Many powerful politicians linked to corruption in Philippine flood control projects will be in jail by Christmas, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, after dozens of officials were named as suspects in a multibillion-dollar graft scandal. Public outrage has grown since August in the Philippines, after an audit ordered by Marcos revealed that billions of
Brice Hernandez: How ex-DPWH engineer built a flood of corruption
MANILA, Philippines — When floods swallowed parts of Bulacan in recent years, few suspected that beneath the murky waters lay a billion-peso paper trail of deception. At the center of this widening scandal is a little-known figure with enormous influence: Brice Ericson D. Hernandez, former assistant district engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)–Bulacan First District Engineering Office (DEO). Over the past few months, H…
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Winnipeg SunPowerful Philippine politicians will be in jail by Christmas for corruption scandal, president says
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects will be locked up in jail by Christmas. Marcos has been…
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