Lacson: Minority report on flood control scam belongs in ‘trash’Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson presides as the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumes its public inquiry into the multi-billion-peso flood control anomaly on Jan. 19, 2026. Several minority senators published a separate report on the flood control corruption mess. "So there is no other place for that 'minority report' but the trash bin,” the veteran senator said. Meanwhile, Senate President Tito Sotto also dismissed the minority report, saying that an official minority report comes after the committee report. The minority senators’ report holds no official weight until then, Sotto said, calling it a mere “media report.”“It’s for the media.

Source: Philippine Star January 21, 2026 07:34 UTC