The Senate blue ribbon panel chair will not wait in vain for more colleagues to sign the report Eight months and nine days — or 252 days — after the Senate blue ribbon committee opened its first ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday resumed its hearing on anomalous flood-control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways, in which several public officials and private ...

SENATOR Panfilo Lacson assured the public that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s findings on alleged anomalies in flood control projects would continue to supp ...

The flood control corruption shows the evolution of the pork barrel system, with funds taking new forms such as 'allocables,' 'leadership funds,' and 'insertions,' even extending to unprogrammed ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate and its committees must not be used to sow intrigue and distract the public from the ...

SENATOR Jose “Jinggoy” P. Estrada, Jr. on Tuesday maintained that he has no flood control-related budget insertions following the Ombudsman’s announcement that plunder charges will be filed against ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson delivers a privilege speech Tuesday, May 5, 2026, on the blue ribbon committee's partial report on flood control project anomalies in the country. — ...

MANILA – Senate President Pro Tempore and Blue Ribbon Committee chair Panfilo Lacson on Monday defended the long-standing procedure in inviting House of Re ...

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Monday said the investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee into alleged anomalies in flood control projects should continue, noting that several ...

SENATOR Francis Escudero has been asked by the Office of the Ombudsman to file his counter-affidavit on the allegations that he received kickbacks from anomalous flood control projects and other line ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Thursday that the Blue Ribbon Committee’s partial report on the flood control controversy has gathered six signatures so far, after two more ...

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said his office is currently handling between 35 and 45 active investigations involving flood-control projects ...