Published June 3, 2026 3:01pm + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is all set for the resumption of the investigation into the anomalous flood control projects, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said.Cayetano took to Facebook live again to ask for prayers that the legislative inquiry, which is set to resume on Thursday, June 4, will push through."We're asking everyone to pray that matuloy yung mga hearings," Cayetano said.(We're asking everyone to pray so that the hearings will resume.)"Umiba ngayon na ilan buwan walang hearing kung kailan may mga bagong rebelasyon at medyo mabibigat na yung mga witnesses na nagiging available. Anytime po, may malalaking witnesses din or mayroon din po mga pwedeng biglang magsabi ng totoo," he said.(No hearings were conducted in the recent months when there are new revelations. Some important witnesses will also be avaiable. Anytime, these witnesses may disclose the truth.)Senator Rodante Marcoleta, vice-chairperson of the Blue Ribbon Committee, joined the livestream."Huwag po kayong kukurap. Baka ito na po ang pinakahuling pagkakataon na ang katotohanan, ang katwiran ay mananaig," said Marcoleta.(Don't blink. This may be the last time the truth will prevail.)"Ang gagawin namin bukas will define the direction of this country kung saan tayo papunta," he said.(What we will do tomorrow will define the direction of our country.)As part of its ongoing investigation of flood control projects, the powerful Senate panel has formally set out invitations to resource persons including former Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez.Also invited were the 18 individuals who claimed to be former personnel of the Philippine Marines who claimed to have delivered kickbacks to government officials, and ex-assistant engineer Brice Hernandez of the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office, who earlier implicated several lawmakers in the flood control mess.'Illegitimate'Senator Raffy Tulfo earlier described the majority-led Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as “illegitimate,” citing what he said was the panel’s lack of members as required under Senate rules."Wala kaming problema na mag-hear ulit sa Blue Ribbon pero para sa akin, ito ay — pardon my word — ’yang Blue Ribbon Committee na binuo nila, ’yan ay bastardo because it was born out of illegitimacy,” Tulfo told "BaliTanghali".(We have no problem about resuming the Blue Ribbon hearings but for me -- pardon my word -- the Blue Ribbon Commitee formed by the majority was born out of illegitimacy.)“Ayon sa Rule 10, Section 13, Paragraph 2, dapat 17 ang members ng Blue Ribbon. Eh ’yung members nila ngayon, from the chairman down, is nine only. O isama na natin ’yung mga ex-officio, at the least 12. So kulang sila ng lima. Illegitimate ’yan, bastardo ’yan, pardon my word again,” he added.(Rule X, Section 13, Paragraph 3 of the Senate Rules provides the Blue Ribbon Committee should have 17 members. They have nine, if we include the ex-officio then 12. They neede five so it's illegitimate.) —VAL, GMA News