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Sen. JV Ejercito says an initial review of 1,256 flood management projects found 155 that failed or only partly met mandatory requirements, adding to a pile of data problems in DPWH's 2027 proposal.
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon denies shielding Taguig projects after Sen. Ping Lacson cited geotagged billing photos placing works 600 kilometers away in Leyte — while Dizon's own Senate answer on 'ghost projects' was a narrow 'none.'
YPR General Contractor and Way Maker General Contractor face suspensions of one to two years for defaulting on projects from Aklan to Taft Avenue — firms that Sarah Discaya told senators were among nine she owned or held stakes in.
The Davao City mayor told senator-judges he would have blocked the food-service contracts had he known, but the court found his interests adverse to prosecutors — and even the contract count and peso total depend on whose tally you believe.
Presiding Justice Geraldine Econg says the anti-graft court's 26 flood control cases are already at the defense stage, even as the Ombudsman preps former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan to testify in the ₱573-million kickback cases he was once charged in.
A state audit of the Office of the Vice President's 2025 relief operations found missing beneficiary lists, undocumented changes to aid missions, and one batch of records the office says a typhoon simply took — with the largest single category, ₱84.12 million, tied to mission orders that never named who the aid was actually for.
Prosecutors say fabricated names and deceased beneficiaries padded the rolls of a city crisis-assistance program while Madelaine Alfelor was mayor; she has surrendered and sits in jail without bail, while one co-accused remains at large.
Duplicated projects, missing coordinates, and lump-sum listings turned up across eight categories of anomalies in the 2027 budget review — the same week senators noted that Acting Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon's one-year term technically ran out 24 days ago.
Six shipments declared as poultry parts actually held 15,029 sacks of onions and 2,164 boxes of carrots without required clearances — and nine of the bureau's own Subic port personnel are among those now facing charges.
A 90-day suspension follows 14 graft counts accusing Uswag Ilonggo Rep. James "Jojo" Ang Dit Ang Jr. of holding a financial interest in Allencon Development Corp., which won ₱214 million in DPWH contracts while he sat in Congress.
