00:00A trove of submitted documents is the smoking gun in allegations tying eight lawmakers to questionable DPWH infrastructure deals.
00:09Officials say the revelations could open a can of worms as investigators dig deeper into alleged conflicts of interest.
00:17Isaiah Medefrentis reports.
00:21Stocks of boxes containing contracts were submitted by the ICI and DPWH to the office of the Ombudsman.
00:28They said, these are evidence that will prove the connections of the eight lawmakers to several construction companies holding contracts for DPWH infrastructure projects.
00:38Kasama po sa mga ebidensyang sinamit namin ay mga records galing sa Securities Exchange Commission tukol sa mga iba't ibang kumpanya na konektado sa mga kongresista.
00:49Kaya dun po na-establish yung directang pagmime-ari ng mga individual.
00:57In line with this, they recommended to the office of the Ombudsman the filing of cases for plunder, direct bribery, conflict of interest, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and the Government Reform Act against the eight so-called Kongtractors.
01:14These are former representative Zaldico, CWS representative Edwin Gargiola, Uswag Ilonggro representative James Ang Jr., Pusong Pinoy representative Jernin Isay, Bulacan 2nd District representative Agustina Pancho, Cagayan 3rd District representative Joseph Lara, Surigao del Norte 1st District representative Francisco Matugas, and Tarlac 3rd District representative Noel Rivera.
01:43The recommendation of the DPWH and ICI will immediately undergo evaluation and fact-finding by the Ombudsman.
01:51Yung iba hindi ko masyadong nagulat nga ako sa ibang pangalan kasi marami pa ibang low-hanging fruit na hindi pa nga kasama dito.
01:59At tingin namin ay talagang may conflict of interest. Marami pa yan, marami pa yan.
02:05Ah, hindi pa wababa sa labing dalawa hanggang labing lima. Yung very evident. Hindi pa, hindi na kinakailangan yung beneficial interest test.
02:15Pwede mo nang sabihin na talagang sila na yun, may conflict of interest na.
02:19Rimulya also revealed that over 10% of Congress could be involved in anomalies.
02:23Kako sabi ko sa speaker tungkol dito. Kasi I don't want to, madi-disrupt talaga ang Congress dito. Madi-disrupt sila.
02:31I have to talk to the speaker. These things will hurt a lot. Marami masasaktan dito.
02:35Kasi the book is full of, our law is full of statutes that will make people accountable and pay the price.
02:47Rimulya also said he requested the Bureau of Immigration to issue a foreign travel restriction order against 77 individuals.
02:56Some of them are senators, members of Congress, contractors, and private individuals.
03:01Regarding the series of videos posted by Zaldico, Ombudsman Rimulya admitted that he no longer has time to watch them.
03:09His appeal is for Kako to return to the Philippines.
03:12Sa haba at saka sa dami, wala ako halos oras pag-oori niyan. And sorry, I cannot comment on that.
03:19Muuwi na lang siya at patotohanan niya yung sinasabi niya.
03:22Even DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon gave his own remark.
03:27Ganto na ganito. Gahit tayo pwede mag-Facebook guy. Diba? Gahit. Kahit sino pwede mag-Facebook guy.
03:33Ang test dyan, uuwi ba siya o hindi.
03:36Meanwhile, the most recent suspect arrested in the flood control project anomaly has been brought to the Caso City Jail Mail Dormitory.
03:44He is Engineer Montrexes Tamayo. DPWH Region 4BO is Chief of the Planning and Design Division.
03:51He was arrested yesterday afternoon by the CIDG at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 after his Emirates Airline Flight UAE-332 landed.
04:01After that, this morning, he was brought to the Sandigan Bayan for the court's commitment order and booking procedure.
04:09Isaiah Mirfuentes from the National TV Network for New and Better Philippines.
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