One step short
The baton starts with the executive, is passed on to the House — where Romualdez was Speaker — and is then returned to the President.
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The baton starts with the executive, is passed on to the House — where Romualdez was Speaker — and is then returned to the President.
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The lesson from Floodgate is simple. A president who signs a budget cannot later distance himself from what that budget financed.
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Now the floods and the elephantine question in the room — who should answer for the stolen flood control money — are again at the forefront.
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Authorities are studying a proposed floodgate along the Parañaque River to prevent seawater intrusion and ease severe flooding caused by high tides and heavy…
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The decision to put off the investigation is to prevent the Ombudsman’s ongoing probe from being prejudiced.
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This time his speechwriter must have, in devil-may-care fashion, put in reverse order the main culprits in the epic floodgate scandal.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent a year positioning himself as the exposer of “Floodgate,” not a subject of it, but the paper trail does not cooperate…
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Vice President Sara Duterte accuses President Marcos of rewriting the flood control scandal narrative, questioning his anti-corruption claims and…
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The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of USWAG Ilonggo Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. and former Sultan Kudarat congressman Arnulfo Go over alleged conflict of…
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Ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address, civic groups demanded accountability over the multibillion-peso flood control…
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Notably, expelled Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co publicly accused Marcos and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez of receiving billions of pesos in kickbacks from…
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Think of the government as a massive community cooperative. We, the citizens, are the members who contribute our hard-earned money through taxes.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said corruption in flood control projects is deeply rooted and defended his administration’s ongoing probe, while former Finance…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. defends his anti-corruption drive, stressing that the probe into alleged flood control anomalies began under his watch and is…
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