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RG Cruz

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<div><br/></div><p>MANILA — A Senate staff named &quot;Beng Ramos&quot; tagged by former DPWH Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez in the flood control mess and allegedly linked to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has been tasked to answer the allegations.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/ex-dpwh-engineer-tags-estrada-villanueva-in-alleged-flood-control-anomalies-1055">Ex-DPWH engineer tags Estrada, Villanueva in flood control anomalies; senators deny allegations</a></div><p>&quot;I&#x27;d be meeting with the concerned Secretariat officials today. Meanwhile, Ms Ramos has been asked by BROOM (Blue Ribbon Oversight Office Management) Director General Quimbo to submit her written comment/explanation,&quot; Senate Secretary Renato Bantug, Jr. told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>On Monday, Estrada&#x27;s chief of staff Racquel Mejia wrote Bantug to say no such name has been in their staff since Estrada&#x27;s first term in 2004.</p><p>&quot;Based on records, during the entire stint of Senator Estrada since 2004, we did not have in our plantilla any staff by the said name. She was never authorized to use the Senator&#x27;s name nor to act in his behalf,&quot; Mejia said.</p><p>The office however said that they were informed a &quot;Beng Ramos&quot; (Divina Gracia V. Ramos) is employed in the Office of the Secretary, particularly under BROOM.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/10/jinggoy-says-most-vulnerable-to-corruption-claims-says-unfair-to-link-his-past-issues-1025">Jinggoy says &#x27;most vulnerable&#x27; to corruption claims, says &#x27;unfair&#x27; to link his &#x27;past issues&#x27;</a></div><p>&quot;We are therefore requesting your good office to conduct an investigation on this serious matter. If proven guilty of misrepresenting the Senator, we expect that she will be meted with the appropriate penalty,&quot; Mejia said in the letter to Bantug.</p><p>Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair and Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said the staff member has been transferred to the Senate motorpool.</p><p>In a separate statement, Lacson said an internal cleansing is one of his priorities.</p><p>&quot;In the House committee hearing today, a Blue Ribbon staff member identified by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada as Beng Ramos was linked to a supposed delivery of obligation aka &#x27;lagay&#x27; by WJ Construction that was awarded a project by then Bulacan 1st DEO Henry Alcantara,&quot; Lacson said.</p><p>&quot;Since I am not sure if there is only one Beng Ramos in the Blue Ribbon Committee which I was just elected by my peers to chair, just like DPWH Sec Vince Dizon, maybe I also need to do a simultaneous internal cleansing while buckling down to work,&quot; he added. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i8JH6SuDEvM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Jinggoy Estrada's office said no such name has been in their staff since Estrada's first term in 2004.</p>

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada's office said no such name has been in their staff since Estrada's first term in 2004.

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Senate staff tagged in alleged Jinggoy payoff asked to explain

RG Cruz,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 10, 2025 11:05 AM PHT

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Updated September 10, 2025 03:42 PM PHT

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