### [2026-09-7](/feed/2026/09/7/index.md) ##### Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines # The Philippine Sandiganbayan appellate court issues an arrest warrant for Leyte's 1st district representative and former House speaker Martin Romualdez after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges of plunder against him for the alleged ₱7.44 billion (US$118.62 million) worth of kickbacks he received from flood control, infrastructure, and other government projects. ### Sources: 1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-court-orders-arrest-presidents-cousin-over-alleged-kickbacks-118-2026-09-07/) ### Changes: 1. The Philippine Sandiganbayan appellate court issues an arrest warrant for former House speaker Martin Romualdez after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges of plunder against him for the alleged ₱7.44 billion (US$118.62 million) worth of kickbacks he received from flood control, infrastructure, and other government projects. _2026-09-07 16:05:30 (First version)_ 1. The Philippine Sandiganbayan appellate court issues an arrest warrant for Leyte's 1st district representative and former House speaker Martin Romualdez after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges of plunder against him for the alleged ₱7.44 billion (US$118.62 million) worth of kickbacks he received from flood control, infrastructure, and other government projects. _(Current version)_ ### Related: 1. [Philippine vice president Sara Duterte posts ₱360,000 (US$5,740) bail on three counts of grave threats, prompting a regional trial court to lift her arrest warrant. The charges concern alleged threats against president Bongbong Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez. ](/feed/2026/09/5/philippine-vice-president-sara-duterte-posts-360000-us-5740-bail-on-three-counts-of-grave-threats-prompting-a-re.md) _Context: House speaker, Martin Romualdez, ₱_ 2. [A Philippine regional trial court issues an arrest warrant for vice president Sara Duterte on three counts of grave threats against president Bongbong Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez, setting bail at ₱120,000 (US$2,000) per count. ](/feed/2026/09/4/a-philippine-regional-trial-court-issues-an-arrest-warrant-for-vice-president-sara-duterte-on-three-counts-of-grave-thre.md) _Context: House speaker, Martin Romualdez, Philippine, ₱_ 3. [Philippine police ⁠separately arrest senator Rodante Marcoleta and three co-accused, including former party-list representative Mike Defensor, after an anti-graft court orders their arrest in relation to a plunder case filed by the Ombudsman. ](/feed/2026/07/6/philippine-police-separately-arrest-senator-rodante-marcoleta-and-three-co-accused-including-former-party-list-repre.md) _Context: Philippine, Sandiganbayan, representative_ 4. [Philippine senator Jinggoy Estrada and former public works secretary Manuel Bonoan surrender to police after an anti-graft court orders their arrest on plunder charges related to an alleged ₱573-million (US$9.3-million) corruption scheme involving flood control projects. ](/feed/2026/06/1/philippine-senator-jinggoy-estrada-and-former-public-works-secretary-manuel-bonoan-surrender-to-police-after-an-anti-gra.md) _Context: Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines, Sandiganbayan, ₱_ 5. [In Pasig, Philippines, the National Bureau of Investigation arrests the founder of an online news site, Peanut Gallery Media Network, and four other people, in an entrapment operation for an alleged extortion attempt on former House speaker Martin Romualdez. ](/feed/2026/05/5/in-pasig-philippines-the-national-bureau-of-investigation-arrests-the-founder-of-an-online-news-site-peanut-gallery-m.md) _Context: House speaker, Martin Romualdez, Philippine_ 6. [Former Philippine senator Bong Revilla surrenders to police after the Sandiganbayan ordered his arrest over the alleged misuse of ₱92.8 million (US$1.6 million) in a flood-control project, while the Ombudsman pursues graft and malversation charges against Revilla and several former public works officials. ](/feed/2026/01/19/former-philippine-senator-bong-revilla-surrenders-to-police-after-the-sandiganbayan-ordered-his-arrest-over-the-alleged.md) _Context: Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines, Philippine, Sandiganbayan, flood control, ₱_ 7. [Philippine president Bongbong Marcos announces the cancellation of former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co's passport and directs government agencies to facilitate Co's return to the Philippines as investigators examine his alleged involvement in a large-scale flood control corruption scheme. ](/feed/2025/12/10/philippine-president-bongbong-marcos-announces-the-cancellation-of-former-ako-bicol-representative-zaldy-co-s-passport-a.md) _Context: Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines, flood control, representative_ 8. [The Philippine Sandiganbayan issues arrest warrants for former representative Zaldy Co and 17 others, including government engineers and construction executives, over alleged irregularities in a PHL:289000000 cursign=₱ flood control project in Oriental Mindoro. ](/feed/2025/11/21/the-philippine-sandiganbayan-issues-arrest-warrants-for-former-representative-zaldy-co-and-17-others-including-governme.md) _Context: Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines, Philippine, Sandiganbayan, flood control, representative, ₱_ 9. [Philippine house speaker Martin Romualdez resigns over his alleged involvement in the flood control controversy, with former deputy speaker Bojie Dy elected as the next speaker of the House of Representatives. ](/feed/2025/09/17/philippine-house-speaker-martin-romualdez-resigns-over-his-alleged-involvement-in-the-flood-control-controversy-with-fo.md) _Context: House speaker, Martin Romualdez, representative_ 10. [The Sandiganbayan appellate court of the Philippines sentences Janet Lim-Napoles to 55 years in prison over the diversion of ₱7.55 million (US$133,600) in the Priority Development Assistance Fund involving Davao del Sur vice governor Marc Douglas Cagas IV. ](/feed/2025/08/23/the-sandiganbayan-appellate-court-of-the-philippines-sentences-janet-lim-napoles-to-55-years-in-prison-over-the-diversio.md) _Context: Philippine, Sandiganbayan, ₱_