MALAMPAYA MAYHEM Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian and the Senate Secretariat-Records Management and Mailing Service hold the transmittal letter on the filing of criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 against Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and some of his officials over the alleged questionable sale of a majority stake in the Malampaya gas field. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Friday defended Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as he slammed an "apparent effort at the Senate to put in bad light" recent developments involving the sale of a majority stake in the Malampaya gas field.