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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1758682987877cropped-Screen Shot 2025-09-24 at 10.43.59 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">COA Commissioner Mario Lipana and his wife Marilou Laurio-Lipana. ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE) </strong>— The Office of the Ombudsman is now conducting a fact-finding investigation into reports that a construction company linked to Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Mario Lipana’s wife bagged government flood control projects.</p><p>The revelation was made by Rep. Keith Micah Tan at the House plenary, which is now tackling the proposed 2026 budget for the Office of the Ombudsman. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/11/de-lima-warns-of-impeachment-vs-coa-commissioner-married-to-dpwh-contractor-1524">De Lima warns of impeachment vs COA commissioner married to DPWH contractor</a></div><p>Former Bulacan district engineer Henry Alcantara’s sworn affidavit submitted on Tuesday noted that Lipana asked for a list of flood control projects in Bulacan in 2022 and inserted projects amounting to P500 million in 2023, P400 million in 2024, and P500 million in 2025. </p><div><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fvideos%2F772473925421907%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span>Earlier this month, ABS-CBN News reported that a construction company linked to Lipana’s wife supposedly bagged nearly P200 million worth of flood control projects from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), according to government data.</div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/20/coa-commissioner-s-contractor-wife-gets-nearly-p200-m-in-dpwh-flood-control-projects-gov-t-data-1648">COA commissioner’s contractor-wife gets nearly P200-M in DPWH flood control projects: gov’t data</a></div><p>Marilou Laurio-Lipana, the wife of the COA Commissioner, is the president and general manager of Olympus Mining and Builders Group Philippines Corporation, according to several documents from the DPWH. </p><p>ML party-list Rep. Leila de Lima earlier said that lawmakers could initiate impeachment proceedings against Lipana over his wife’s involvement in flood control projects. <strong>—With a report from Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><br/></div><div><em></em><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><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/CTz8aDj5HNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><em></em><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/5evRqjD2v7U?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Office of the Ombudsman is now conducting a fact-finding investigation into reports a construction company linked to Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Mario Lipana’s wife bagged government flood control projects, Rep. Keith Micah Tan said.</p>

The Office of the Ombudsman is now conducting a fact-finding investigation into reports a construction company linked to Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Mario Lipana’s wife bagged government flood control projects, Rep. Keith Micah Tan said.

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Ombudsman opens probe into COA commissioner, 'contractor' wife

Vivienne Gulla,

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Published September 24, 2025 10:47 AM PHT

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Updated September 24, 2025 11:11 AM PHT

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