00:00Mobsters who stay long in the racketeering business are always on the down low and do not flaunt their fruits of their ill-gotten wealth so as not to attract the attention of the feds or G-men.
00:12Exactly the opposite of filthy rich personalities like one lawmaker whose opulent lifestyle has drawn the attention of the authorities in their latest visit to his fleet of air assets, as our Bernard Ferrer reports.
00:30That was a statement of DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon less than a month since he was appointed to the position by President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr.
00:43Among the discoveries he made was the alleged lavish lifestyle of some officials within the agency including the use of chartered flights.
00:50Likewise, it was also revealed that one official reportedly refused to cooperate with the investigation conducted by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, ICI.
01:00Some officials have also been implicated in the construction of allegedly substandard projects.
01:05Then DPWH officials have been issued a short-cost order and directed to submit a written explanation within five days.
01:12Top to bottom. Okay, top to bottom, we will spare no one here.
01:17Okay, former Secretary, USEC, ASEC, Director, RD, DE, kailangan umayos na tong institusyon na doon.
01:26Secretary Dizon warned agency officials who failed to cooperate with the ICI investigation.
01:32Makakasuan sila administratively and even criminally. So sumunod na kayo ngayon pa lang.
01:36The CIDG has also deployed personal to the DPWH Baguio City District Engineering Office over the alleged tampering of critical documents.
01:45Meanwhile, the Secretary has requested the Anti-Mana Laundering Council or AMLAC to freeze nearly 500 million pesos worth of vehicles linked to some former officials of the DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office who are allegedly involved in irregularities in flood control projects.
02:03Also named are contractors including the couple known as the Diskayas.
02:07This information is based on the initial list obtained from the Land Transportation Office and the Civil Vision Authority of the Philippines.
02:15Huwag kayong makikipag-transaksyon sa mga taong ito kung meron silang mga pigit na ibinibenta. Huwag nyo pong bibigyan yung mga asset na yan kasi yan po ay magamang ma-free freeze na rin.
02:27The DPWH is also asking to put on hold 4.7 billion pesos worth of air assets allegedly owned by Akubicol Portilis Representative Saldico.
02:37These air assets reportedly include Bell and Agusa Westland helicopters as well as Gulfstream Jet.
02:43All relevant information will be submitted to the AMLAC, ICI and the Department of Justice.
02:49Bernard Frey from the National TV Network for New and Better Philippines.
