00:00Today on Raptor
00:06The Ombudsman will form a new task force to investigate flood control projects allegedly linked to the Villars
00:18The ICI recommends filing multiple criminal complaints against former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan
00:25Kai Puntino, international name Telmagi, echoes the fury of a death in 2021
00:30Forbes Asia recognizes two Filipinos in its Power Businesswomen 2025 list
00:35And the bust of Dr. Jose Rizal disappears in Paris
00:41Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulia announces a new task force to investigate flood control projects allegedly linked to the Villars
00:48Remulia says improvements were made in Zapote River Drive in Las Piñas as well as in Baco or Tavite
00:54Kasi andun yung mga lupa na nag-benefit din eh
00:57The landowners also benefited from that
01:00So we have to look at that also
01:02We're forming a new task force for them
01:04Just for Villar itself
01:06He adds the multi-billion peso project is around 11 kilometers long
01:10Villar properties are located along its perimeter
01:13Nakita mo yung river wall
01:15Tarong mo mo sino mag-gumastos?
01:16Goberno o sila?
01:17Ganun kasimple yun
01:19It's as simple as that
01:21So we would determine that later on
01:23Sa costing ng project na nangyari doon
01:25During his term as Justice Secretary,
01:27Remulia launched a probe into the Villars due to their ties to a contractor
01:31A Rappler investigation revealed that motion trade, a firm owned by Senator Mark Villars uncle bagged 390 million peso worth of flood control projects
01:40The Independent Commission for Infrastructure recommends filing multiple criminal complaints including graft against top-notch catalyst builders and public works officials over ghost projects in Bulacan
01:53The possible respondents include former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan
01:58This is the first time Bonoan was included in the recommendation
02:01The ICI recommends the filing of administrative complaints against Bonoan over grave misconduct, gross dishonesty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service
02:11The other possible respondents in the administrative complaints are
02:15Former DPWH Undersecretaries Roberto Bernardo and Maria Catalina Cabral
02:20Dismiss District Engineer Henry Alcantara
02:23Dismiss Assistant District Engineer Bryce Hernandez
02:26Former DPWH Engineer JP Mendoza
02:29Ernesto Galang
02:30John Michael Ramos
02:31Irene Dissi Ontinco
02:33Joshua Blitz Rojas
02:34And Bernardo Villafuerte
02:36Aside from administrative, the body also recommended the filing of criminal complaints against Alcantara
02:42Hernandez
02:43Galang
02:44Mendoza
02:45Ramos
02:46Ontinco
02:47Rojas
02:48And top-notch President Yumir Villanueva
02:50Taipuntino
02:52Taipuntino
02:53International name Kilmaggi
02:54groups the Visayas, portions of Mindanao, and several areas in southern Luzon with moderate to torrential rain and strong to destructive winds
03:01Since early morning Tuesday, November 4, it made landfall at least five times in southern Leyte, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Kimaras, and Iloilo City
03:10In the Dinagat Islands, early reports say the damage due to Taipuntino was a deja vu to how the province was affected by Taipun Odet in December 2021
03:19Then entire neighborhoods were flattened, roads vanished under landslides, communication lines snapped, and electricity failed
03:27Then Governor Arlene Bagao's structures were, quote, leveled to the ground due to Odet
03:32In Cebu City, the heavy rains, which started Monday night, brought severe flooding in several areas
03:38Neighborhoods in Talisay City are in deep floods, and in some areas, water reached the roofs of houses
03:44Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro says at least one died in Mandawi City as of 2 pm
03:50Cebu City Mayor Nestor Arquibal reports at least 12 fatalities in Bakayan
03:55In Ponte Vedra, Capiz, a man attending to his motorcycle was killed after a tree uprooted by the typhoon fell on him
04:03Around 30% of homes in the islands of Humonhon and Suluwan are wrecked while the rest sustained damage
04:09Several towns in Iloilo are experiencing power outages after Typhuntino battered the province Tuesday
04:16Follow Rappler.com for more updates
04:20For the third straight year, Forbes Asia recognizes Filipino women business leaders
04:26The publication releases its 2025 list of power business women in Asia, which recognizes 20 accomplished leaders at the forefront of the region's fast-evolving business and economic landscape
04:39The two Filipino women on the list are Maibal Aragon Gobyo, the first woman to head the Gokongwei family's property conglomerate, Robinson's Land Corporation
04:49And Mariana Zubel de Ayala, chair and president of Ayala Land Malls, Inc.
04:55Forbes Asia notes Aragon Gobyo is the first non-Gokongwei family member to head the firm founded by the late John Gokongwei
05:02She succeeded the patriarch's only son, Lance Gokongwei, as head of RLC
05:08Zubel de Ayala, meantime, is the daughter of Ayala Corporation chairman Jaime Augusto Zubel de Ayala
05:14Forbes Asia says she is, quote, an eighth-generation heiress, shaping the future of the legacy Philippine company
05:21The Department of Foreign Affairs confirms that the bust of Dr. José Rizal in Paris, France was removed overnight between October 25 and 26
05:31Rizal's bust was located at Place José Rizal in Paris' 9th arrondissement and served as a significant monument for the Filipino community in France
05:40The bust and pedestal of Rizal, widely regarded as among the country's national heroes, was unveiled in June 2022
05:48Rizal stayed in France multiple times between 1883 up until 1891
05:53DFA clarifies, while the motive behind the removal remains unknown, public monuments are often vulnerable to vandalism or even destruction or theft
06:03The Philippine embassy in France continues to work closely with local authorities in Paris to recover the monument
06:10And that's today's wrap, I'm Ayala de la Cruz, thank you for watching
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