ICI seeks plunder, graft, bribery raps vs Romualdez, Co

Manila Bulletin

Plunder, graft and indirect bribery charges have been recommended by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) against former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez and former Ako Bicol Party-list representative Zaldy Co in relation to anomalous flood control projects. (MB video by Santi San Juan)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/11/21/ici-seeks-plunder-graft-bribery-raps-vs-romualdez-co  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Here we go!

00:02There we go!

00:04You can't do it!

00:06You can't do it!

00:08You can't do it!

00:10I'm not sure what you're doing!

00:16Let's do it!

00:20We are going to do it!

00:22We are going to do it!

00:24But,

00:26as I said earlier,

00:28kagaya nung sinabi ni Sec Babes,

00:30ito yung facts.

00:32And ang facts,

00:34simpiga.

00:36Speaker Martin Romualdez,

00:38siya ang naging Speaker from 2022

00:40to 2025.

00:42Si

00:44former Congressman Zaldico

00:46ang napili

00:48na Committee on Appropriations

00:50Chairman.

00:52At

00:54ang

00:56sinasabi

00:58nung referral na ito,

01:00ay dun sa relationship na yun,

01:02no?

01:04Nangyari itong mga ibang

01:06kontratang ito.

01:08No?

01:10Yun ang nangyari.

01:12Facts lang lahat ito.

01:14First of all, the referral

01:16is a

01:18correction of facts,

01:20as you can see.

01:22Now, these are the documents

01:24that are

01:26from DPWH.

01:28Mostly, these are contracts

01:30of

01:32the companies

01:34that have been

01:36alleged to be connected

01:38SunWest Corporation,

01:40and Hightone Construction.

01:42No?

01:44And we are here to submit

01:46to the Ombudsman

01:48the contracts from 2016

01:50of these corporations

01:52up to 2025.

01:54So, these are, as you can see,

01:56madaming kontrata po ito.

01:58No?

02:00And sinasubitin po natin ito

02:02sa Office of the Ombudsman

02:04para kanilang mas malalim na busisiin

02:06sa kanilang

02:08investigasyon.

02:10That is the most important difference.

02:12Kaya,

02:14ang na-include namin

02:16yung mga

02:17sinungpaang

02:18mga

02:19sinabi.

02:20At, yung

02:22Facebook

02:23video

02:24ni former Congressman

02:26Mzaldico,

02:27hindi po yun

02:28sinungpaan.

02:29Kaya, hindi po namin

02:30yung pwedeng isama.

02:31Otherwise,

02:32dapat hindi nila

02:33tinanggap

02:34yung responsibilidad.

02:36Okay.

02:37Having said that,

02:38let me just give

02:39everyone an update

02:40where we are

02:42as far as ICI

02:43is concerned.

02:45We're expecting additional

02:49documents

02:50coming from

02:51the joint AFP-PNP

02:54ground troops

02:56who are on the ground.

02:5864 of them

02:59have been mobilized

03:01nationwide

03:02to focus

03:03on anomalous

03:04and especially

03:05the ghost projects

03:07and the projects

03:08that have been

03:09undertaken

03:10by the notorious

03:11contractors

03:12mentioned by

03:13the president.

03:14So,

03:15kinakasaan namin

03:17either this weekend

03:19or next week,

03:20dadagsapo yan.

03:22As I kept saying

03:25in the past,

03:26isipin nyo na lang,

03:27one ghost project

03:29will involve

03:31easily

03:3215

03:3315

03:34individuals

03:35to be

03:37accused.

03:38So,

03:39kung

03:40421

03:41yan,

03:42tapos

03:43nalimit namin

03:44sa 80

03:45because

03:46the 80

03:47refers to

03:48the projects

03:49undertaken

03:50by the notorious

03:51contractors,

03:52isipin nyo na lang,

03:5380 times 15,

03:54do your mind.

03:55in the past,

03:56no

03:57no

03:58no

03:59no

04:00no

04:01no

04:02no

04:03no

04:04no

04:05no

04:06no

04:07no

04:08no

04:09no

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