Philippine president's lawmaker cousin charged over flood control scandal
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- Bloomberg Politicsseen 8 Sept, 13:54description edited
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s lawmaker-cousin is seeking hospital detention after authorities arrested him for alleged plunder of $118 million in public works funds.Martin Romualdez, the detained lawmaker-cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is a flight risk, the interior chief said Tuesday, as authorities seek to keep him in custody over an alleged $118 million public works plunder case.
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Mon, 7 September 2026
4 reports- Channel News Asia08:35
- South China Morning Post08:55
Philippine prosecutors filed a criminal charge on Monday against a lawmaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr 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...
- standardmedia.co.ke14:23first to report
Philippine police arrested a lawmaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his hospital bed on Monday over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal.
- NYT World17:58
A cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was charged with plundering public funds meant for flood control in the Southeast Asian country. He has denied wrongdoing.
Tue, 8 September 2026
3 reports- Bloomberg Politics04:47edited after publishing
Martin Romualdez, the detained lawmaker-cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is a flight risk, the interior chief said Tuesday, as authorities seek to keep him in custody over an alleged $118 million public works plunder case.
- South China Morning Post07:38
Martin Romualdez, a cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, accumulated so much wealth over the past three years that he had to convert it into mansions and shares to avoid scrutiny, the Office of the Ombudsman alleged on Tuesday – a day after filing a plunder case against the former House speaker. The Ombudsman filed the case on Monday against Romualdez, former House appropriations committee chairman Zaldy Co and two others, accusing them of accepting at least 7.44 billion pesos...
- Al Jazeera English11:58
A former Philippine lawmaker was arrested for allegedly stealing millions of dollars intended for flood control.