Reports of corruption in flood control projects have placed House Speaker Martin Romualdez and his aide, Deputy Secretary General Sofonias “Ponyong” Gabonada Jr., under the public spotlight. According to sworn statements from contractors, names of high-ranking officials were allegedly mentioned in connection with demands for commissions or kickbacks in infrastructure contracts, including those for flood…
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* Rep. Polong: “Change of face but the same rotten system” By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Duterte cast doubts Thursday, on the recent leadership change in the House of Representatives, pointing out that incoming Speaker Rep. Faustino Dy III belongs to the inner circle of former Speaker Martin Romualdez and President…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao has officially docketed the affidavit-complaint filed by acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte against Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla and other officials over the alleged kidnapping of former President Rodrigo Duterte and several other offenses linked to a March 11 incident. In…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte called on Filipinos to demand transparency from the Department of Public Works and Highways, stressing that accountability should not rest solely on lawmakers. Rep. Duterte said in a statement on Monday evening, September 15, that genuine oversight must involve the public, not…
The sudden resignation of Speaker Martin Romualdez, after being implicated as the key conspirator in the billions lost to flood control projects—alongside congressman-contractors and his close ally, former House Appropriation Chair Rep. Zaldy Co—raises more questions than it answers. By stepping down and endorsing Rep. Bodjie Dy, a staunch ally of presidential son Zandro Marcos,…
One week after we started to commercially sell the Baled Sorghum Silage which our small company, the Southseas Agri-Aqua Ventures Inc. (SAAVI), is producing, we are getting very positive and encouraging feedback from Cattle and Goat farmers who have tried it. A group of Dairy Goat Farmers from Magsaysay, Davao Del Sur, who purchased initially…
Photo courtesy: AP “Sworn to Protect, Yet Serving the Corrupt” It is clearly mandated under Section 3 of the Constitution that civilian authority is, at all times, supreme over the military, and that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shall be the “protector of the people and the State”. This is not a mere…
As I write this piece, Speaker Martin Romualdez has resigned. On the eve of his departure, he had cleaned his office of everything including the door sign that declares: In the morning after, Romualdez delivered his swan song denying all allegations he is in the vortex of unprecedented corruption in the scandalous awards of tens…
