LOOK: BAYAN called for the resignations of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and all those involved in overwhelming corruption in a press conference at Erythrina Building on Monday. The coalition proposed the establishment of a people’s transition council, to be achieved by mass mobilization and composed of different civilian political blocs to hold corrupt officials to account. Workers, farmers, and other sectoral representatives and human rights advocates described the deepening political and economic crisis under the Marcos and Duterte factions, including unlivable wages, continuing land-grabbing, and hundreds of deaths as typhoons, most recently Tino and Uwan, struck the country. Despite Senate and Independent Committee for Infrastructure investigations into ghost flood control projects, not a single official has been tried or convicted in relation to the scandal. “Ang sistema ng korapsyon, naka-built-in na yan sa simula pa lang, pana-panahon tumatampok lang dahil sa sobrang ganid. Bulok ang sistema, anti-people, anti-worker ito, kaya merong urgent need na palitan na ito,” Kilusang Mayo Uno Chairperson Jerome Adonis said. BAYAN’s press conference follows Partido Lakas ng Masa’s similar call for a transition council. Both, as well as other blocs, are set to mobilize on Bonifacio Day, Nov. 30, to demand that all officials involved in corruption must step down. “Kailangang dalhin ang protesta sa Mendiola, sa Malacañang,” said BAYAN Secretary General Mong Palatino. “Patalsikin na natin sa pwesto si President Marcos Jr. at Vice President Sara Duterte.” #BaguhinAngSistema

‘RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, MAG RESIGN AKO’ Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa says he would “resign” if Senator Joel Villanueva were found to be involved in the anomalous flood control projects, asserting that Villanueva would have rejected the budget assistance had he known it was sourced from flood control funds. According to former DPWH official Henry Alcantara, Villanueva requested funding for a multipurpose building project in 2022. He was later given unprogrammed appropriations in 2023 amounting to P600 million, all of which were flood control projects. · Follow our live updates here: inqnews.net/SenateHearing092… · Watch our livestream here: inqnews.net/LIVE0925

CHIZ ESCUDERO MENTIONED IN FLOOD CONTROL HEARING Former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo mentioned former Senate president Chiz Escudero during the Senate hearing on flood control issues on Thursday. “I delivered 20 percent of approximately 800 million or about 160 million to Maynard Ngu which was meant for Senator Escudero,” he said. LIVESTREAM: tinyurl.com/4avht9sz

RENEE CO: I HAVE NO FAMILIAL RELATIONS TO ZALDY CO Vice President Sara Duterte answered Representative Renee Co with a question during the hearing on the proposed 2026 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday. When asked by Co how the office allocates funding for the accommodations of its staff during travel, Duterte responded by asking about her relation to Representative Zaldy Co. "Madam Chair, may I be allowed to ask a question? Magpinsan po ba si Congressman Co ngayon atsaka si Zaldy Co? Gusto ko lang malaman. Are they relatives?" she said. Kabataan Partylist Representative Co clarified that she has no familial connection to Zaldy Co or his family. WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=9jEBtikI…