STATEMENT OF REP. PAOLO Z. DUTERTE
On the allegations made by Antonio Tinio regarding Davao City flood-control projects
Let me make this clear — Davao City has nothing to hide.
Every single flood-control project along the Davao and Matina Rivers was implemented, inspected, and validated by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Commission on Audit (COA). The structures exist. They are serving the people. They are not “ghosts” — unlike the kind of politics some people keep reviving every time they need attention.
Tinio’s so-called exposé is nothing but a desperate and ignorant attempt to drag Davao into another circus of baseless accusations. You claim to have “uncovered” anomalies — but did you ever question DPWH with your so-called facts? Or did you just piece together numbers to sound relevant again?
If you truly believe in accountability, start where it actually matters. Why not inspect Luzon where even former Governor Chavit Singson himself admitted there are ghost and substandard projects? Why are you silent there but loud in Davao, where projects are visible, verified, and functional?
Kabalo man ko nga bayarang tigkahol ka lang at ang iyong master is no less than the bangag president.
Unya imong anak nga daghang proyekto, imong ig-agaw nga corrupt? Unsa na President Bangag?Imong asawa unsaon nalang, dati baya na protektor sa Pogo sa akong nadungog hilak intsik sa billions na iyang nakolekta.
HOY BANGAG!!WAY NISUMBONG SA GHOST PROJECT SA IMONG ANAK?KAY AKOY MUADTO SA ILOCOS UG MAGINSPECT!
And to the ICI: stop pretending this is a “national audit” when you keep flying your people — RETIRED POLICE, RECYCLED APPOINTEES, and non-engineers — to Davao just to take photos beside working projects. If you want credibility, send real engineers, not political operators paid by a bangag nga presidente.
Kung gusto mo mangita ug ghost projects, adto sa Luzon ug sa mga rehiyon nga hantod karon puro papeles ra ang proyekto.
Diri sa Davao, naa ang ebidensya — konkreto, lig-on, ug nagamit.
We don’t need lectures from people who can’t even fix their own backyard. We don’t need you here. Stop wasting government resources…
Ang among mensahe simple ra:
Stop using Davao for your political drama.
We build, we deliver, we protect our people — while others just talk and pretend to investigate.
So here’s my advice to Tinio: come to Davao, walk the riverbanks, see the projects, and talk to the people whose homes no longer flood because of those structures. Then maybe you’ll realize the only thing missing in your so-called investigation is the truth.
Until then, stop using Davao as your political punching bag. We don’t owe anyone an apology for doing our job right.
Lisod makigdebate sa isa ka ugok. Garepresent pa gyud sa mga titser unya ugok, dawat limpyo ra!