Marilyn Cahatol

Former Ilocos Sur Governor and businessman Luis “Chavit” Singson holds a press conference at Club Filipino in San Juan City on Friday, September 19, 2025. Singson denounces alleged corruption involving contractors and politicians and urges the youth to join and lead the upcoming massive rally on September 21. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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CHAVIT SINGSON

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178122600472920250919-chavit-singson-presscon-MT3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Ilocos Sur Governor and businessman Luis “Chavit” Singson holds a press conference at Club Filipino in San Juan City on Friday, September 19, 2025. Singson denounces alleged corruption involving contractors and politicians and urges the youth to join and lead the upcoming massive rally on September 21. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Businessman and former lawmaker Chavit Singson alleged that his <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/11/qcpd-arrests-chavit-singson-for-cyber-libel-case-1830">arrest</a> for a cyber libel case was part of “efforts to discredit and intimidate” him from calling for an investigation into the flood control corruption scandal.</p><p>“As I intensified my calls for a full investigation into the flood control controversy and sought answers regarding the use of flood control funds intended to protect Filipino communities from flooding, efforts to discredit and intimidate me soon followed,” Singson said in a statement.</p><p>Police said they served an arrest warrant on Singson at his residence in Barangay Ugong Norte, Quezon City on Thursday afternoon. Court records show that he subsequently posted a  bail of P60,000. </p><p>Singson denied that he was arrested at his home and said he &quot;voluntarily went to the police station to post bail.&quot; </p><p>“What should have been a routine legal proceeding was an attempt to publicly humiliate me through the unauthorized circulation of my booking photograph,” he added.</p><p>The former politician questioned the “highly unusual” circumstances around his case, including the designation of a judge outside his home province and “the speed with which these proceedings moved forward.”</p><p>Singson previously said he was willing to testify in the flood control investigation. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/9/19/chavit-singson-probe-into-flood-control-projects-should-start-in-ilocos-norte-1716">Chavit Singson: Probe into flood control projects should start in Ilocos Norte</a></div><p>“If asking where the people’s money went and who benefited from it is enough to earn a cyber libel case, then it only proves that these questions are hitting where they hurt most,” he said.</p><p>Singson said: “Hindi ba kapansin-pansin na habang lumalabas ang mga detalye ng korapsyon, ang mga nagsasalita tungkol dito ang siyang pinatatahimik at sinasampahan ng kaso?”</p><p>“I will not be silenced. No arrest, no case, and no amount of political pressure will stop me from pursuing the truth and uncovering who the real mastermind is behind this scandal,” he added.</p><p>No information regarding his cyber libel case, including the complainant, is available as of writing.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/22/palace-wants-sedition-probe-vs-chavit-singson-over-sept-21-protest-speech-1632">Palace wants sedition probe vs Chavit Singson over Sept. 21 protest speech</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lwPjXxBFNUA?si=zQ0E6c4gED48mqmz" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Businessman and former lawmaker Chavit Singson alleged that his <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/11/qcpd-arrests-chavit-singson-for-cyber-libel-case-1830">arrest</a> for a cyber libel case was part of “efforts to discredit and intimidate” him from calling for an investigation into the flood control corruption scandal.</p>

Businessman and former lawmaker Chavit Singson alleged that his arrest for a cyber libel case was part of “efforts to discredit and intimidate” him from calling for an investigation into the flood control corruption scandal.

‘I will not be silenced’: Chavit Singson says cyber libel case aims ‘to discredit, intimidate’ him

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‘I will not be silenced’: Chavit Singson says cyber libel case aims ‘to discredit, intimidate’ him

Marilyn Cahatol,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 12, 2026 09:31 AM PHT

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Updated June 12, 2026 09:44 AM PHT

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