"An independent fact-finding commission created by Marcos, a Senate committee and government agencies have been investigating allegations that influential members of Congress and the Senate have pocketed huge kickbacks from construction companies, which had won lucrative contracts to build flood-control projects that turned out to be substandard, incomplete or nonexistent. The scandal has sparked outrage in a country long prone to deadly flooding and typhoons."
"Communications undersecretary Claire Castro described the comments by the president's sister, senator Imee Marcos', as baseless, and suggested they may have been a desperate attempt to distract ongoing investigations into a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that may implicate her allies in the Senate. Senator Imee, I hope you'll be a patriot and help in the investigation that your own brother has been doing and condemn all the corrupt, Castro said. Don't side with them, don't hide them. Let President Marcos work to stop all the corruption."
"In a speech Monday night before a huge rally by a religious group in a Manila park, Imee Marcos said that her brother's drug addiction started when their father, the namesake of the current leader, was still a president and has continued to this day. She claimed it has affected his health and ability to govern."
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr denied accusations from his sister, Imee Marcos, alleging a longstanding cocaine addiction that has affected his health and governance. Communications undersecretary Claire Castro called the accusations baseless and suggested they could be an attempt to distract from corruption probes into flood-control contracts possibly involving Senate allies. An independent commission, a Senate committee and government agencies are probing allegations of huge kickbacks and substandard or nonexistent flood-control projects. The scandal has provoked public outrage in a country vulnerable to deadly floods and typhoons. Imee also alleged that the president's wife and children used drugs.
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