MANILA: Philippine prosecutors filed a criminal charge on Monday (Sep 7) against a lawmaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal involving bogus flood control projects.
The case came more than a year after Marcos put the so-called “ghost” infrastructure projects, believed to have cost Filipino taxpayers billions of dollars, centre stage in a public address.
Several construction firm owners, government officials and politicians have been accused of pocketing funds from the projects.
On Monday, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said the “plunder” case against Martin Romualdez, the…
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