Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Cathy Cabral resigns amid allegations of budget insertions. She skips the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Thursday, September 18 — her first time to miss it.
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00:00Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Kathy Cabral resigns amid allegations of budget insertions.
00:07DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon tells the Senate panel probing anomalous flood control projects he has accepted Cabral's courtesy resignation on September 14.
00:16Cabral skips the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Thursday, her first time to miss it.
00:20She was present at the House flood control hearing on September 9.
00:24Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lakson, who leads the Blue Ribbon Committee, earlier claimed that Cabral contacted Senate President Tito Soto's office after Soto won in the May 2025 elections, asking what he wanted to include in the proposed 2026 national budget.
00:38In a speech on September 9, Lakson also showed a screenshot of the supposed conversation between Cabral and Soto's staff.
00:45Rappler reached out to Cabral to address this allegation, but she has yet to reply as of posting.
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