00:00The Department of Public Works and Highways and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure
00:05recommend the filing of plunder, graft, and bribery complaints
00:08against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former Ako Bicol Representative Zaldico.
00:13The DPWH and ICI turned over their recommendation to the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday, November 21.
00:20President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had ordered the turnover the same day.
00:24Kaya ngayon ay nais kong ipalaman sa ating mga kababayan na ang ICI at saka ang DPWH
00:33ay lahat ng nakuha nila na informasyon ay ire-refer, ibibigay na sa ombudsman para imbistigihan ng ombudsman.
00:45It includes contracts involving Hightone and SunWest from 2016 to 2025
00:50and the testimony of Orly Guteza, who identified himself as Kho's former security aide.
00:56Guteza earlier told the Senate he delivered pieces of luggage filled with money to the residences of Kho and Romualdez.
01:03A previous Rappler report found that Kho's SunWest won billions' worth of DPWH contracts in Romualdez's district in Leyte.
01:10Romualdez resigned the speaker in the wake of the flood control project scandal.
01:14Meanwhile, Kho, who has been overseas since July 2025, has resigned from Congress.
01:19He is the subject of the first flood control corruption-related case filed with the Sandigan Bayan.
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