00:00The time of the House's Infrastructure Committee to probe the flood control mess is finally up.
00:05Of all the bodies investigating the huge corruption and conspiracy involving government officials and lawmakers,
00:11the House Infracom has little, if no integrity at all, by the way the probe began and ensued all along.
00:18This as the 2026 budget deliberations continue amid an ombudsman inquiry, as our Melalis Moras reports.
00:25Today we're announcing the suspension of proceedings of the House Infrastructure Committee.
00:33The House Infrastructure Committee has formally suspended its investigation into anomalous flood control projects in the country.
00:41According to Infracom co-chair Terry Ridon, this is to allow the full and impartial proceedings of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure.
00:49They will also provide ICI with all the evidence, documents, and transcripts they have gathered.
00:54Ridon said during their hearings, they had discovered a lot already.
01:24During the Duterte administration, and that such massive revenues have been sustained up to the present.
01:32The testimonies and evidence linking high-level officials in the executive and legislative
01:38to the ghost and substandard flood control projects in Bulacan.
01:42As the House plenary deliberations on the 2026 General Appropriations Bill continue,
01:48the Office of the Ombudsman also assured it's investigating the issue on flood control projects,
01:54especially the government employees and officials reportedly involved in them.
01:58According to House Committee on Appropriations Vice Chair Keith Mika Tan,
02:02who's the agency's budget sponsor.
02:04Among the personalities in the ombudsman's probe is Commission on Audit Commissioner Mario Lipana,
02:09whose wife is reportedly one of the contractors of government's flood control projects.
02:15May 15 billion pesos na pinagkatiwala sa inyo, sabi nyo, para sa anti-corruption.
02:21Ang isang tanong lang po ng taong bayan,
02:23Ang anyari, bakit po ngayon na lumalabas ilang taon na po na mga opisyal ng DPWH,
02:32nagkakasino pala, mga nagre-regaluhan sa isa't isa ng mga sasakyan,
02:38SUV, tig-ti 10 million, rigalo lang kay boss.
02:42There was a special panel of investigators has been formed to investigate the anomalous government flood control projects.
02:52The panel comprises of 13 existing lawyers and investigators from the office of the ombudsman.
02:57Ang gusto po ng ombudsman, para po hindi po ma-pre-empt yung kanilang investigasyon,
03:05ay discreet po talaga ang kanilang pag-embesiga para po hindi po ma-pre-judge agad.
03:10As part of the House's disaster measures, House Speaker Faustino Bojidi III
03:16also met with some officials from the University of the Philippines and Project NOAA.
03:20The brief meeting gave the speaker the opportunity to be apprised about Project NOAA
03:25and its crucial role in the country's disaster risk reduction and management efforts.
03:30Melalas Moras from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
