After their surrender and arrest over the weekend, eight public works officials charged with graft and malversation of public funds intended for flood control projects have been ordered detained by the Sandiganbayan at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facilities in Quezon City, while awaiting arraignment set for Nov. 27 and Dec. 2.

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Former Department of Public Works and Highways engineers Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza have filed their counter-affidavits before the Department of Justice in connection with the alleged anomalous flood control projects in Bulacan.

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In two trips to a Forbes Park property in early December 2024, Co claimed he handed over P200 million on December 2 and P800 million on December 5 to Justice Undersecretary Jose Cadiz Jr., who he said essentially served as Marcos' bagman.

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Sen. Erwin Tulfo alleged that some BIR officials use audit letters to extort businesses, prompting a Senate probe.

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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure last week turned over documents to the Office of the Ombudsman related to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez's role in anomalous flood control projects, but stopped short of saying which laws the president's cousin had possibly violated. 

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