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<div><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g6XzA0zAmVs" title="LIVE: Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumes hearing on anomalous flood control projects | November 14" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>MANILA — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumed its investigation into the anomalous flood control projects on Friday, about a month after its last session following a leadership crisis.</p><p><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/11/lacson-re-elected-as-blue-ribbon-chair-flood-control-hearing-resumes-friday-1604">Newly re-elected</a> Blue Ribbon chair person Sen. Panfilo Lacson led the seventh hearing on the corruption issue.</p><p>This is the first hearing after the Blue Ribbon went through a leadership crisis sparked by Lacson’s sudden resignation from its helm on Oct. 6, citing some senators’ “disappointment” with his handling of the investigation on anomalous flood control projects. </p><p>Blue Ribbon Vice Chair, Sen. Erwin Tulfo,<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/8/erwin-tulfo-among-possible-lacson-successors-as-blue-ribbon-chair-sotto-1029"> temporarily took </a>the position before Lacsin was re-elected last Monday. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/14/flood-control-scam-individuals-facing-charges-and-actions-to-recover-public-funds-0916">Flood control scandal: Individuals facing charges and government&#x27;s bid to recover funds</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>WHAT TO EXPECT</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Invitations to attend the hearing were sent to Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez, who was the House Speaker when alleged anomalous insertions were made in the budget. Other House members mentioned in the affidavit of government contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya were also invited to the hearing, Lacson earlier said. </p><p>On Thursday, Larson said he was no longer pushing through with the plan to <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/11/lacson-eyes-online-testimony-for-zaldy-co-in-senate-flood-control-probe-1325">invite </a>former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co to virtually testify as the hearing &quot;might afford him a platform to say anything he wants even with no probative value and worse for propaganda purposes only without any accountability for at least possible contempt citation.&quot;</p><p>Co, who has yet to return from abroad, was accused of masterminding the billions of pesos of flood control insertions. He has said the accusation was false and baseless.</p><p>Lacson this week said a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/25/lacson-says-next-blue-ribbon-hearing-on-nov-14-if-re-elected-as-chair-1350">“very important witness</a>”  would reveal new information about the flood control mess. </p><p>“Importante kasi pwede ma-wrap up yung mga kailangang malaman, patungo pati sa prosecution pati conviction,&quot; he said. </p><p>He added that Orly Guteza, who previously claimed that he delivered <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/suitcases-of-money-delivered-to-romualdez-zaldy-co-houses-staff-1118">suitcases of cash</a> to Co and Romualdez’s houses, was invited to attend the hearing.</p><p><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/romualdez-denies-receiving-suitcases-of-money-from-co-s-ex-security-consultant-1832">Romualdez </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_c8KHhSp4s&amp;t=89s">Co&#x27;s lawyer</a> have denied the allegations. </p><p>The lawyer who supposedly notarized Guteza&#x27;s affidavit later denied doing so.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/13/marcos-flood-corruption-suspects-to-be-jailed-before-christmas-1046">Marcos: Flood control corruption suspects to be jailed before &#x27;Christmas&#x27;</a></div><div> </div>

<p>The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumed its investigation into the anomalous flood control projects on Friday, about a month after its last session following a leadership crisis.</p>

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumed its investigation into the anomalous flood control projects on Friday, about a month after its last session following a leadership crisis.

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Lacson-led Blue Ribbon resumes flood control probe after month-long pause

Marilyn Cahatol,

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Published Nov 14, 2025 09:45 AM PHT

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