Former House Speaker and incumbent Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez will face the Office of the Ombudsman’s preliminary investigation into his alleged involvement in the flood control controversy, his lawyer said Sunday.
Former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. posted P1 million bail in an ongoing malversation case on Friday, while the Office of the Ombudsman said he still owes P124.5 million in civil damages that the Sandiganbayan ordered him to pay after acquitting him in the pork barrel scam cases.
The Office of the Ombudsman has started a preliminary investigation into plunder and graft complaints against Sen. Loren Legarda, her son, Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste, and former Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi over alleged irregularities involving solar energy service contracts.
Vice President Sara Duterte again referred to hiring a gunman during a speech in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, as she argued that not all killings attributed to her father’s drug war could be conclusively linked to the antinarcotics campaign.
House prosecutors on Wednesday presented two former Land Bank of the Philippines branch managers who testified that the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education made unusually large cash withdrawals.
The 10th day of the impeachment trial will focus on Article I of the impeachment complaint.
Duterte made the remarks during a chance interview in The Hague, where she is on an overseas trip scheduled to end on July 31.
The address will outline the administration’s priorities for the final two years of Marcos’ six-year term.
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said the Senate cannot shoulder the cost of catering for Vice President Sara Duterte’s staff and legal team during her impeachment trial, citing budget constraints.
A special panel of investigators from the Office of the Ombudsman alleged that billions of pesos in kickbacks from corruption-tainted flood control projects were funneled through holding companies owned by a close associate of former Speaker Martin Romualdez, according to a supplemental complaint-affidavit filed on July 20.