Overview
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said criminal cases against most suspects are nearly complete and publicly displayed names of officials and construction executives during a televised briefing.
- An independent commission has filed graft and plunder complaints against at least 37 senators, lawmakers and business figures, alongside tax evasion cases against 86 construction executives and nine officials totaling nearly 9 billion pesos.
- Authorities reported 6.3 billion pesos in frozen assets, including 1,671 bank accounts, 144 properties and 244 vehicles, with plans to seek forfeiture as customs seized luxury cars and a new jail for detainees opened in Quezon City.
- Back-to-back storms intensified scrutiny of failed flood works, with Typhoon Kalmaegi causing at least 232 deaths and 125 missing and Super Typhoon Fung-wong killing at least 27 people.
- Officials linked the scandal to economic damage, citing up to 118.5 billion pesos in losses since 2023 as infrastructure outlays fell 26.2% in the third quarter and the president pledged faster year-end public spending.