Res Ipsa Loquitur: The Thing Speaks for Itself

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Mr. President—this is no longer just evidence. It is a confession on full display.

The Discaya couple, in their own boastful words, trace their ascent to unimaginable wealth to DPWH contracts. Their garage, paraded online like a shrine to excess, holds over 40 ultra-luxury cars—Rolls-Royces with gold accents, Bentleys wrapped in Hermès leather, and other customized automotive trophies that no “ordinary contractor” could ever justify.

And yet, their companies—St. Gerrard Construction, Alpha & Omega, and St. Timothy Construction Corp.—are not obscure names. They are among the top 15 contractors you yourself, President Marcos, identified as involved in anomalous flood control projects. These connections are not the stuff of rumor. They are backed by contracts, patterns, documents—and now, brazen visual proof.

This is not hearsay. This is self-incrimination wrapped in vanity. The journalists who captured it have already done their duty, may it be less of what was expected from true journalists. The burden now falls on the institutions sworn to protect the Republic.

But where are they?

Where is the Bureau of Internal Revenue?

Where is the Department of Justice?

Where is the Anti-Money Laundering Council?

Where is the Commission on Audit?

Where is the Ombudsman?

And most importantly, where is DPWH Secretary Manny Bonoan, who presides over the very office that awarded these contracts?

Res ipsa loquitur. The thing speaks for itself. The symptoms are glaring. The diagnosis is systemic corruption. And the prognosis—whether this nation recovers or collapses further—depends entirely on whether the government dares to act.

Steve Jobs once said: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” Well, the dots are already behind us. They form a trail—ghost projects, budget insertions, and a grotesque lifestyle financed by the public purse.

Senator Ping Lacson has already sounded the alarm: calling the zero subsidy to PhilHealth unconstitutional, condemning the Senate’s failure of oversight, and ridiculing the absurd request for supplemental budgets after the damage has been done. “Ang daming abogado ninyo sa Senado at Kongreso,” he said. “How could you miss it?”

This is not just another scandal. This is a test of leadership.

And the Discaya couple—so reckless in their own self-glorification—may just bring the entire house of cards down if pressed hard enough.

So we ask again:

What are you waiting for, Mr. President?

The thing speaks for itself.

Now let the law speak louder.

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