Senators Vicente Sotto III, Risa Hontiveros, and Erwin Tulfo backed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s call to end corruption in anomalous flood control projects during an interpellation on Wednesday (August 27) for his privilege speech last August 20.

Batangas First District Representative Leandro Leviste, who recently filed bribery charges against Department of Public Works and Highways District Engineer Abelardo Calalo, was cited during the said interpellation.

Chapters:
0:00:00 – Start of Session: Resumption of inquiry into Sen. Lacson’s privilege speech.
0:00:45 – Interpellation of Senator Tito Sotto begins.
0:02:00 – Discussion on questionable contractors: Alpha and Omega & St. Timothy Construction.
0:03:58 – Allegations against the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB).
0:09:50 – The P96.4M Bulacan River “Ghost Project” and renewal of contractor’s license.
0:12:20 – DPWH Secretary’s claim of “isolated case” disputed by Sen. Lacson.
0:14:55 – The role of the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website in uncovering anomalies.
0:16:15 – How “deemed completed” ghost projects get paid.
0:21:28 – MG Samidan Corp: From P250,000 capital to P5 billion in projects.
0:24:15 – Proposal for stricter penalties and longer blacklisting for erring contractors.
0:25:35 – The problem with budget insertions and the lack of local consultation.
0:32:00 – Mayors’ complaints and the need for LGU involvement.
0:34:00 – Proposal to cap the number of projects per contractor.
0:37:05 – Legislators’ “pet projects” in the National Expenditure Program (NEP).
0:39:07 – Interpellation of Senator Erwin Tulfo begins.
0:48:38 – Issue of “coded budgets” in Bulacan.
0:52:00 – Repeatedly implicated contractors in “ghost” or “guni-guni” projects.
0:54:15 – Call for independent third-party inspection of projects.
0:55:12 – Interpellation of Senator Risa Hontiveros begins.
0:57:40 – The problem of collusion as the root cause of corruption.
1:00:26 – Blacklisted contractors re-emerging under new company names.
1:04:10 – Alleged collusion with the Commission on Audit (COA).
1:07:15 – Holding contractors accountable for substandard or unfinished projects.

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