#FactsFirstPH 联盟谴责参议员罗丹特·马可莱塔（Rodante Marcoleta）在涉及防洪工程腐败调查时，指控记者为“拿钱办事”的雇佣笔杆子。
该联盟于6月6日在马尼拉发表声明。声明指出，这些言论毫无证据，旨在抹黑揭露政府腐败的媒体。该团体强调，此类言论损害了新闻业的信誉，并为滥用资金且逃脱惩罚创造了条件。声明还补充说，这些言论危及了那些在调查腐败过程中本已面临风险的记者。联盟对一位民选官员散布虚假信息的行为表示失望，并呼吁在国家面临史上最大腐败丑闻之际，各界应给予记者和事实核查人员更多支持。
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Senators allied with Alan Peter Cayetano conducted a Blue Ribbon committee hearing on flood control anomalies on June 4 despite objections from the Senate majority bloc led by Win Gatchalian.
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Erwin Tulfo traded barbs over resuming the Blue Ribbon Committee’s flood control probe while Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is ongoing.
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The Sandiganbayan ordered the arrest of Senator Rodante Marcoleta on July 6 over an alleged P75 million undeclared campaign donation. The Department of Justice clarified that plunder cases can involve private funds.
The Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to bar Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, former congressman Mike Defensor and two others from leaving the country after they were indicted for plunder and related charges over a P75-million campaign donation.
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Sen. Erwin Tulfo filed criminal complaints for grave oral defamation against detained former lawmaker Mike Defensor and others over flood control scam allegations.