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The Department of Public Works and Highways and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure recommend the filing of plunder, graft, and bribery complaints against former House speaker Martin Romualdez and former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/dpwh-ici-seek-complaints-martin-romualdez-zaldy-co-flood-control-projects/
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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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