00:00The House Justice Committee declares the two impeachment cases against President Marcos insufficient in substance.
00:08The Justice Department is set to file two tax evasion cases against government contractors Sarah and Curly Descaia.
00:14Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco orders the takedown of tourism-related ads featuring her image.
00:20Ombudsman Boying Remulia raises the alarm over the limited access to lawmakers' statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth.
00:27And, Axis Rep. Edvik Yap resigns from Congress after being implicated in the flood control corruption scandal.
00:41The House Justice Committee declares the two impeachment cases against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. insufficient in substance, resulting in their dismissal.
00:50The junking of the complaints earns Marcos one-year immunity from impeachment.
00:53The committee ultimately weighed in on whether the petitions recited the facts that constituted the offense charged.
01:00In the first place, it was not the President who created the BBM parametric formula of the DPWH.
01:06Having an imperfect policy direction is not an impeachable offense.
01:12The impeachment endorsers had few allies, with mamamayang Liberal Rep. Laila De Lima flagging her colleagues for lawyering for the President.
01:18Naniniwala ako na meron talagang mga allegasyon, factual allegations, that would constitute the ground for impeachable or would constitute impeachable offense.
01:32Nasabi ko nga po kanina, per the rules, dun lang tayo dapat nakatuon.
01:37Yung mga defenses, let the respondent himself raise those defenses in the proper time.
01:44That is sa answer o kaya sa rejoinder.
01:46The first complaint was tossed out, drawing 42 votes for dismissal, with only Jet Nisai backing his own petition while the Makabayan Bloc abstained.
01:5539 lawmakers voted to junk the second complaint, while 7 others voted in its favor.
02:01The Department of Justice will file two tax evasion cases against couple Sara and Curly Diskaya.
02:07This for alleged violation of the National Internal Revenue Code.
02:10The Office of the Prosecutor General finds prima facie evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction to charge the Diskayas for tax evasion under NIRC Section 254, or willful attempt to evade or defeat tax, and Section 255, or willful failure to supply correct and accurate information in their income tax returns from 2020 to 2021.
02:29The case will be filed with the Court of Tax Appeals, the appellate court responsible for handling tax and customs-related cases.
02:36Meantime, the DOJ dismissed three other tax-related complaints against the Diskayas and St. Gerard construction.
02:42The DOJ says in one of the cases, the prosecutors failed to find prima facie evidence to indict them.
02:47Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco orders all regional offices of the Tourism Department to take down tourism-related materials that feature her image and to stop producing similar materials.
02:59She also asked local governments to refrain from putting up harpolins bearing her photo.
03:04This after she was called out by Sen. Rafi Tulfo during a Senate hearing Tuesday, February 3.
03:08Dapat ang pinupromote yung lugar, hindi dapat yung tao. Iwas tayo dun sa personality.
03:15Frasco denies the accusation of self-promotion. She says Wednesday, quote,
03:19I have no intention of running for any national position. Therefore, it makes absolutely no sense for me to promote myself.
03:26The former mayor of Lilluan, Cebu, has since been under public scrutiny as she has appeared as a cover of a magazine and other tourism publications.
03:32Ombudsman Boeing Remulia raises the alarm over the limited access to lawmakers' statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth.
03:42This amid the ongoing flood control corruption probe.
03:45Remulia says his investigating teams are facing difficulties in accessing what are supposed to be public documents.
03:51As the country's main antigraft body, the ombudsman is leading the probe into the multibillion-peso flood control corruption,
03:57which allegedly involves private contractors and high-ranking officials, including House members and senators.
04:02Salents are important because they summarize a government official's assets, liabilities, and net worth.
04:08Investigators use them for lifestyle checks and spotting possible ill-gotten wealth.
04:14Axis Rep. Edvik Yap, brother of Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, steps down from his congressional post after being implicated in the flood control corruption scandal.
04:23The House majority announces Wednesday, February 4, Yap has resigned and his name is dropped from the role of members.
04:29Ombudsman Boeing Remulia said in October, Yap allegedly received money via bank transfer from flood control contractors Curly and Sara Diskaya before the pandemic.
04:38In December, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the Court of Appeals froze the personal accounts of the Yap brothers,
04:44as well as companies linked to them, Silverwolves Construction, and Sky Yard Aviation Corporation.
04:49Edvik's brother Eric is believed to be the beneficial owner of Silverwolves,
04:53which bagged over 16 billion pesos in public works projects from 2022 to 2025.
05:00And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gutinga. Thank you for watching.
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