Takot sa "trial by publicity"? Talaga?

The Independent Commission for Infrastructure said that it granted an executive session for Quezon City 1st District Representative Arjo Atayde and Caloocan 3rd District Representative Dean Asistio “after finding that these had sufficient factual and legal basis, pursuant to the ICI Live Streaming Guidelines.”

Under the guidelines, executive sessions are not livestreamed.

NEWS UPDATE —

DFA, in a message to media, confirms it has cancelled the passports of the following persons:

1. Herminio Roque Jr.

2. Katherine Cassandra Li Ong

3. Ronelyn Baterna 

4. Mercides Macabasa

5. Dennis Lacson Cunanan

We should not outrightly dismiss the allegations or recent statements of Zaldy Co. One basic way is to verify or confirm the owners and addresses of the houses he mentioned in North and South Forbes Park. If they turn out to be false then he's clearly lying. I just hope the homeowners association of the village will not be protecting these people supposedly residing and owning properties in the village. Otherwise they will be accused of colluding as well.

JUST IN: The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) secures two freeze orders against the assets of an incumbent high-ranking official and a former elected government official.

AMLC said the freeze orders cover 230 bank accounts, 15 insurance policies, two helicopters, and one airplane. The air assets alone were valued at P3.9 billion. AMLC found that the assets were linked to violations of anti-graft laws and the malversation of public funds and property.

The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has recommended the filing of a new set of criminal and administrative complaints against several lawmakers linked to government contractors. Those named include:
• Former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co
• Construction Workers Solidarity Representative Edwin Gardiola
• Uswag Ilonggo Representative James “Jojo” Ang Jr.
• Pusong Pinoy Representative Jernie Nissay
• Bulacan 2nd District Representative Augustina “Tina” Pancho
• Cagayan 3rd District Representative Joseph Lara
• Surigao del Norte 1st District Representative Francisco Matugas
• Tarlac 3rd District Representative Noel Rivera

“The subject of this joint referral is in relation to 1,300 infrastructure projects awarded from 2016 to 2024 to contractors who are related to members of the House of Representatives,” ICI chairperson Andres Reyes said. here

Presidential son Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative Sandro Marcos on Wednesday, November 26, wrote a letter to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, saying he is willing to cooperate with the commission.

This comes after former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co accused Marcos of being responsible for P50.9-billion budget insertion.

I'm starting to question why Orly Guteza has not yet been located to this day. Zaldy Co, in one of his videos, already confirmed the statements of Orly Guteza that he was indeed ordered to deliver the cash to Speaker Romualdez. I'm beginning to think he is deliberately or forcibly being hidden and we don't know if he is still alive or dead

Quezon City 5th District Representative Patrick Michael Vargas and 6th District Representative Marivic Co-Pilar faced the Independent Commission for Infrastructure in an executive session on Thursday, November 27. An executive session means that the hearing is not available for public viewing or livestream. Both of the Quezon City lawmakers are tagged by the Discayas as among the politicians who extorted money from them.

LOOK: President Marcos hosts the annual traditional dinner for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Council of Sergeants Major. (MPC pool photos)

ICI has decided to livestream its hearings, but the commission’s resource persons don’t want their testimony made public. https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/ici-executive-session-livestream/

Protesters led by the civil society group Mindanawon Kontra Korapsyon stage a rally at Gaston Park, a stone’s throw from the Cagayan de Oro city hall, on Saturday, November 29, calling for transparency and accountability.

The demonstration comes a day before the larger Trillion Peso March protest against alleged large-scale corruption in government projects. (Photos from ACDO-Social Communications Apostolate)