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RG Cruz

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MANILA - Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Erwin Tulfo on Thursday said they will look into the allegations of Senator Panfilo Lacson regarding irregularities in flood control projects in Taguig City, the bailiwick of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano. &quot;Yes, kung sa submit niya, well of course, we&#x27;ll have to review that.Tignan natin kasi I really, really have to look into that kasi serious yung, ah, it&#x27;s a serious matter,&quot; he said.&quot;Hindi pa niya nasasubmit pero &#x27;pag sinubmit siguro then I will start reviewing that.Hindi lang po naka-confined doon.&quot;Lacson on Wednesday afternoon bared his team&#x27;s latest findings found three additional P100-million slope protection projects under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), raising to P2.385 billion the total insertions in Taguig City. His press release also said two separate items appeared to be double appropriations for the same project, indicating one of the two may be deemed a ghost project.&quot;From P2.085B as earlier reported we found three-P100M additional slope protection projects for a new total of P2.385B insertions under the 2025 GAA. Two items appear to be double appropriations, involving two (2)-P100M for the same slope protection project. One of the two must be ghost,&quot; he said in a <a href="https://x.com/iampinglacson/status/2079833150352658715">post on X</a> Wednesday afternoon.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/19/lacson-hints-at-jail-time-for-alan-peter-cayetano-as-senate-spat-escalates-1047">Lacson hints at jail time for Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate spat escalates</a></div>Lacson earlier flagged at least two suspected ghost infrastructure projects - as well as a staggering number of slope protection and drainage projects, most of them costing P100 million each, with a combined value of P2.085 billion.Over the weekend, Lacson claimed their initial findings on anomalous infrastructure projects in Taguig City included projects involving firms owned by the Discayas but implemented by another contractor under a 5% royalty scheme. Lacson&#x27;s press release also said their findings also included similar projects contracted to Topnotch Catalyst Builders - which is among the top 15 flood control project contractors President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced last year. The projects including those involving Discaya-owned firms dated back to 2019 and 2020, when Cayetano was House Speaker, Lacson&#x27;s press release also said.Cayetano on Monday questioned the Department of Public Works and Highways&#x27; (DPWH) decision to conduct another verification of alleged ghost projects in Taguig after earlier reviews by the agency found no ghost projects in the city.Speaking during a Facebook livestream on July 20, Cayetano expressed hope that DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon would stand by the department&#x27;s earlier findings.&quot;I hope hindi siya magpa-pressure and I hope he tells the truth because tatlong beses niya na sinabi sa akin na vinerify nila at walang ghost projects sa Taguig,&quot; he said.&quot;It&#x27;s so illogical that I am fighting for the truth and for the Blue Ribbon hearing tapos meron pala kaming problema sa sarili naming bakuran... When he was in the DPWH budget hearing dito, sinabi ko, ‘Sec. Vince, ba&#x27;t hindi mo pakuhanan sa cellphone ng picture lahat ng project. Simulan mo sa 2025, 2024, 2023, pabalik. Para kung sa cellphone palang bayad na pero walang project, ghost na iyon,’” &quot;Isabay-isabay na natin kung gusto but don&#x27;t single people out. From the start sinabi ko, imbestigahan ninyo lahat.&quot; <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/18/lacson-says-live-selling-cayetano-had-p6-79-b-budget-insertions-in-2025-gaa-1823">Lacson says &#x27;live-selling&#x27; Cayetano had P6.79-B budget insertions in 2025 GAA</a></div>Lacson had vowed to pursue the investigation to its &quot;logical conclusion&quot; after Cayetano attacked his integrity in a Facebook Live broadcast.Tulfo said they are looking at organizing the hearing, which will be held outside of the schedule of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.&quot;&#x27;Pag na-- siguro pinaka-earliest at-- problema, punong-puno yung mga rooms. Siguro talagang the only one &#x27;pag wala talagang Tuesday or Friday siguro,&quot; he said.Tulfo bared they will also look at the claims of former staff of former Congresman Zaldy Co who claimed to have made cash deliveries in suitcases. However Tulfo thinks twice about repeating past subjects.&quot;Yung mga sinasabi po nung labing walong mga bodyguard, eh, they dared us na imbitahan sila. So we will be inviting them. Pero tignan natin. I want an affidavit from them. So, yun po, iimbestigahan natin,&quot; he said.&quot;Yung kung may mga dadalhin naman sila na mga ika nga, kaso na nandoon na sa Ombudsman, hindi ba parang kakasuhan na kung the same persons lang naman na bibring up nila dito yung topic. Sabi nila si ganito. Eh, kung nasa Ombudsman na, eh, nakasuhan na ng Ombudsman yung mga congressman at mga contractor. Ang DOJ ang nagha-handle. And what I&#x27;ve heard, parang pinapa-restrict silang lahat. So, saan papapasok doon sa imbestigasyon namin, eh, papakasuhan na sila ng Ombudsman, ah, ganun din ng DOJ.&quot;<div>  </div>

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Erwin Tulfo on Thursday said they will look into the allegations of Senator Panfilo Lacson regarding irregularities in flood control projects in Taguig City, the bailiwick of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano.

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Erwin Tulfo on Thursday said they will look into the allegations of Senator Panfilo Lacson regarding irregularities in flood control projects in Taguig City, the bailiwick of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano.

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Blue Ribbon to probe Taguig projects as Alan-Ping word war heats up

RG Cruz,

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Published July 23, 2026 04:46 PM PHT

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