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ICI urges TWG to 'work hard' as agency acknowledges demands of Trillion Peso rallyists

Johnson Manabat

ABS-CBN News

MANILA (UPDATED) — The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) on Monday acknowledged the demands of the people expressed through the recently concluded November 30 Trillion Peso March demanding accountability from the government.ICI Commissioner Rogelio “Babes” Singson, however, stressed that there are processes to be followed.“You probably heard in yesterday’s Trillion Peso Rally - the demand is still very strong for people who are involved… They’d like to see them in jail,” Singson said.Working with other agencies is therefore crucial, he said. Meanwhile, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Council (CICC) Usec. Aboy Paraiso was chosen as the Chairman of the Technical Working Group (TWG) created by the ICI that aims to recover the assets of those personalities involved in the anomalous flood control mess.On Monday, the TWG convened for the third time, led by Singson as ICI Chair Andres Reyes Jr. was not feeling well. The TWG is composed of different government agencies, such as the Bureau of Customs, BIR, PNP, Anti-Money Laundering Council, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Council, Civil Aviation Authorities of the Philippines (CAAP) and the Department of Justice among others. Paraiso said Department of Justice (DOJ) Usec. Deo Marco will be the vice chairman of the TWG. Marco will be the head of the sub-group of the TWG that will focus on the case build-up.&quot;We now have a draft proposal between all government agencies - magkakaroon kami ng coordination. Ang goal natin, mapabilis yung pagbalik ng mga assets na ‘to sa Pilipinas. In terms of accomplishment, we now have a draft proposal for a joint memorandum agreement between the ICI TWG,&quot; Paraiso told reporters.Paraiso said the TWG is expected to have a regular meeting every Tuesday to update the ICI on its asset recovery efforts.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/30/thousands-protest-in-philippines-against-corruption-flood-control-fraud-1615">Thousands protest in Philippines against corruption, flood control fraud</a></div>&quot;We’d like to encourage the agencies in this TWG to continue the hard work and we hope that we can continue to have more results and that why we are meeting this afternoon because we’d like to hear operational matters and how can better coordinate in faster results,&quot; Singson said.&quot;We need the cooperation of everyone, we need the cooperation of all the other agencies invited and from the ICI side,&quot; he added.AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. attended Monday’s TWG meeting, arriving along with ICI special adviser ret. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr.Meanwhile, the PNP-CIDG turned over to the ICI on Monday additional boxes of documents from the technical validation it conducted on alleged “ghost” flood control projects in the country.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr earlier said some of those linked to the flood control mess will be jailed before Christmas.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" 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 &#x27;before Christmas&#x27;</a></div>

The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) on Monday acknowledged the demands of the people expressed through the recently concluded November 30 Trillion Peso March demanding accountability from the government.

The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) on Monday acknowledged the demands of the people expressed through the recently concluded November 30 Trillion Peso March demanding accountability from the government.

ICI urges TWG to 'work hard' as agency acknowledges demands of Trillion Peso March protesters

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ICI urges TWG to 'work hard' as agency acknowledges demands of Trillion Peso March protesters

Johnson Manabat,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 01, 2025 03:32 PM PHT

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Updated December 01, 2025 05:20 PM PHT

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