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Cayetano says ghost projects allegation 'vague'

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RG Cruz

ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano took to social media anew to address allegations of ghost projects in his home turf of Taguig City. &quot;So, maaring yung iba sa inyo nagtatanong na, sir, hindi nyo ba sasagutin yung allegations against you? Well, the allegations are general eh. Yung sinasabing may ghost sa Taguig. And we&#x27;ve checked. Remember, the national projects are from the national government,&quot; he said.&quot;Theoretically, dapat walang kinalaman ang senador-congressman diyan. But of course, nakita natin dyan sa Blue Ribbon Committee na may talagang conspiracy o nakikialam... So, I continue to wait kung ano yung specific allegation and haharapin ko &#x27;yan.&quot;Cayetano said he checks projects.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/20/palace-slams-cayetano-over-p10k-ayuda-claims-sea-games-liquidation-1534">Palace asks Cayetano about 2019 SEA Games liquidation </a> </div>&quot;I do as a habit check as much as I can projects... So, in our preliminary investigations, wala kaming nakitang ghost. &#x27;Yung mga nakita namin may problema, we reported it earlier, that&#x27;s why no less than the top DPWH officials from the regional to the national level have inspected some of the projects na may problema at hindi kami nagkulang na magsabing, eto mali ang pagkagawa, eto bakit ganito, eto ang tagal-tagal na,&quot; he said.Cayetano maintained in previous social media livestreams that there are no ghost projects in Taguig. Senator Panfilo Lacson bared that he is looking into the progress of the investigation into ghost infrastructure projects in Taguig City, the political bailiwick of Cayetano, following the identification of more bagmen and other new findings. &quot;TAGUIG GHOST INFRA PROJECTS UPDATE # 3: Ang daming damning (evidence). The plot thickens. The list lengthens. The case strengthens. Kung merong ‘shoot sa balde’, meron ding SHOOT SA KALDERO,&quot; Lacson said in a <a href="https://x.com/iampinglacson/status/2080429836284383665">post on X</a>.(TAGUIG GHOST INFRA PROJECTS UPDATE # 3: There is so much damning evidence. The plot thickens. The list lengthens. The case strengthens. If there is such a thing as ‘shoot sa balde’, we now have SHOOT SA KALDERO.)&quot;Long story short, if we summarize this, this is a work in progress and the progress seems good. We have uncovered many pieces of evidence and talked to many potential witnesses. So this is not confined to one person—we think there are many others who may be implicated,&quot; he said in English and Filipino in a separate interview. In a press release, Lacson said they have found additional questionable slope protection projects, many of them worth P100 million each, bringing the total value of such projects they have identified to P3.385 billion. Of these, two had the same location and description.&quot;One project was funded twice. It may not be outright illegal but if payment was collected for both, one is a ghost project. If one was not implemented, where did the P100 million appropriation for it go?&quot; he said. Lacson is considering transmitting the evidence to the Ombudsman for faster investigation.<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>&quot;If we course it through the Blue Ribbon Committee, there would be a long &#x27;discussion&#x27; and the resource persons could be harassed,&quot; he said in explaining why he is considering sending the evidence to the Ombudsman directly and no longer through the Blue Ribbon Committee. &quot;We always had the records on questionable projects in Taguig City but we had to initially focus on Bulacan and Occidental Mindoro and other areas. Now that Cayetano attacked my integrity, I instructed my staff to focus on Taguig because Cayetano has been making noise while trying to appear clean while making baseless accusations against me,&quot; he said.&quot;I am just prioritizing Taguig, not singling it out. And I am prioritizing it after he attacked my integrity,&quot; he added.

Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano took to social media to address allegations of ghost projects in his home turf of Taguig City.

Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano took to social media to address allegations of ghost projects in his home turf of Taguig City.