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The Vice President's camp alleged budget manipulation a day after prosecutors dropped three impeachment articles; the Senate President said nothing is being "dangled" and put the trial's cost at ₱330,763 a day.
At his first annual address, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla counted 39 flood control cases and 52 people charged, including a sitting senator and a former Speaker; the coverage records no convictions.
Auditors say they are unable to fully ascertain that OPAPRU transfers, mostly to local governments under the PAMANA program, were used as intended; the report as published carries no OPAPRU response.
The Senate finance chair flagged a ₱8.04-billion bump for flood mitigation structures, a ₱9.5-billion calamity fund cut and ₱10 billion in preventive health trims in the House's rewrite of the 2027 budget; the report records no House or DPWH response.
The complaints at the DOJ name 12 officials of DPWH's Davao district office and nine people from two contractors, Genesis88 and Agong Builders, for alleged falsification and graft; the report gives no contract amounts or project names.
The Metro Manila Subway and North-South Commuter Railway, together about ₱1.4 trillion, were already pushed to 2032 and 2033; the Tribune reports the House version cuts foreign-assisted rail again, risking commitment fees and penalties.
Sen. JV Ejercito promises an independent review of the House version amid watchdog complaints of opaque realignments, while the Senate has not yet received the bill.
Prosecutors ended their case on Oct. 8 after both sides stipulated the donation deeds were authentic; the defense will start presenting on Oct. 19 and has not said whether Sen. Rodante Marcoleta will take the stand.
Of $4.17 million Comelec sent to 93 posts in 2025, 23 liquidated late and 13 lacked proof that excess funds were returned; the report as published carries no Comelec response.
Auditors say the Philippine Sports Commission's monitoring of grants to national sports associations is "ineffective"; the report as published carries no response from the PSC or the federations.
The prosecution's first witness, a self-described "maleta boy" for ex-congressman Zaldy Co, says he filmed about 20 suitcases at Romualdez's Forbes Park home; the defense objected, and the original phone is gone.
