Blue Ribbon to reexamine Marcos’ role in flood messMANILA, Philippines — The Senate Blue Ribbon committee is set to reexamine today President Marcos’ possible liability in the flood control corruption mess, as the panel prepares to introduce significant amendments to its draft committee report to secure the necessary signatures for plenary deliberation. It cited Marcos’ supposed benefit from kickbacks linked to insertions and ghost flood control projects. “We cannot see (any link to Marcos) because the President approves the GAA when it reaches him. Lacson admitted that the committee report is still in jeopardy if it fails to gather 11 signatures, including at least one from the minority bloc. There will be no committee report,” Lacson said.

Source: Philippine Star February 08, 2026 16:36 UTC