More solons identified by Duterte deny involvement in corruption By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published December 29, 2020 11:01am
Updated December 29, 2020 11:19am More lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Tuesday denied involvement in alleged corruption related to infrastructure projects after they were named by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a message to GMA News Online, Deputy Speaker Henry Oaminal categorically denied involvement in any anomaly or corrupt activity. Duterte, in baring the names of the lawmakers during a televised address on Monday night, claimed that Oaminal owns a construction company named HSO Construction Corporation, which has several construction projects in Misamis Occidental.
THE eight lawmakers named by President Rodrigo Duterte late Monday landed on the list of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) allegedly for various anomalies, including ghost projects in Occidental Mindoro and a new road that crumbled in Quezon province.
The President cited the PACC report on alleged corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) when he ticked off the names of the lawmakers and their “misdeeds.”
The report linked Occidental Mindoro Rep. Josephine Ramirez-Sato to ghost projects in her district, Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan to an anomalous road project, Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas to extortion, Misamis Occidental Rep. Henry Oaminal and Isabela Rep. Alyssa Sheena Tan to corrupt practices, Northern Samar Rep. Paul Daza to demanding kickbacks, and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Eric Yap to bid rigging.
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Duterte bares names of congressmen, congresswomen linked to corruption By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published December 28, 2020 9:55pm
Updated December 29, 2020 8:39am President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night bared the names of House members who have been linked to alleged corruption related to infrastructure projects. Duterte also relieved from their posts district engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways who are involved in the corrupt practices alleged before the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. The House members named by Duterte were: Occidental Mindoro Representative Josephine Ramirez-Sato Former Ifugao Representative Teodoro Baguilat Jr. Quezon City Fifth District Representative Alfred Vargas Misamis Occidental Representative Henry Oaminal