00:00Trouble seems to be brewing in the halls of power with attempts to sway officials surfacing amid an ongoing investigation.
00:08Authorities say they are separating the wheat from the chaff to get to the bottom of the matter before taking action.
00:15Rod Lagusa tells us more.
00:18There have been attempts to bribe him amid the ongoing investigation on flood control projects according to Ombudsman Jesus Christin Rimulia.
00:25However, these were not direct offers to him that allegedly reach around 1 billion pesos.
00:46According to Ombudsman Rimulia, he discussed this with his brother, DILG's Secretary John Big Rimulia,
00:51adding that had there been a direct offer, the person involved would have already been arrested.
00:55Also, he asked former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan to return home as he is overstaying in the United States
01:01and the U.S. State Department could deport him.
01:04Kahit nag-apply siya ng extension of stay, pag hindi ginagrant siya, technically ba din siya mong sipaing pauli dito?
01:12As per the issue of the alleged recantation by the so-called BGC boys in connection with the flood control project's controversy,
01:19The guy spinning it, he's the lawyer of George Villanueva, di ba?
01:27Finally, you spin out the monastery.
01:29Rimulia stressed that it is not necessary for everyone to become a state witness,
01:34especially since authorities are determining who is not the most guilty.
01:37He said retracting their earlier statements would only create additional problems.
01:42Rimulia also said that a case will be filed tomorrow before the Sandigan Bayan,
01:46but he did not yet provide details regarding the matter.
01:49Rod Laguzad from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
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