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Chiz hit with ethics rap; blames Romualdez anew
The Freeman
|October 04, 2025
Sen. Chiz Escudero’s troubles continue to mount after being slapped with an ethics complaint over a P30-million campaign donation from government contractor Lawrence Lubiano in 2022.
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Marvin Aceron, a private lawyer, filed the case before the Senate Committee on Ethics, which is chaired by Sen. JV Ejercito. In Aceron's 21-page complaint, he said that Lubiano's firm, Centerways Construction and Development Inc., had more contracts after Escudero's win in the 2022 elections.
Aceron said that there were 112 contracts worth P16.67 billion under Sorsogon's 1st and 2nd Districts from 2021 to 2025. Prior to Lubiano's donation, the firm only had 12 contracts worth P720 million.
Lubiano's contracts following his donation to Escudero amounted to around P15.9 billion.
This story is from the October 04, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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