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EJ Macababbad - The Philippine Star
May 23, 2026 | 12:00am
Established by President Marcos through Executive Order 94, the ICI served as an investigative task force reviewing alleged corruption, anomalies and ghost projects in government flood control and infrastructure initiatives.
STAR / Miguel De Guzman
MANILA, Philippines — The technical working group on asset recovery has not met since the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) was dismantled on March 31, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center Undersecretary Renato Paraiso said.
Established by President Marcos through Executive Order 94, the ICI served as an investigative task force reviewing alleged corruption, anomalies and ghost projects in government flood control and infrastructure initiatives.
Paraiso said the Department of Justice and the Office of the Ombudsman can call a meeting of the technical working group anytime, adding that the group’s work would not be affected even if the ICI had already been dissolved.
The group had frozen P24.8 billion in assets.
Vehicle auction
Amid the government’s continuing efforts involving asset recovery, the Bureau of Customs-Port of Manila is set to auction off 13 luxury vehicles on May 29 in a sale expected to generate about P236 million.
In an announcement posted on its official Facebook page, the BOC-Port of Manila said the auction would take place at 10 a.m. on May 29 on the second floor conference room of the Prefab Building at the BOC in Port Area, Manila.
Among the vehicles lined up for auction are a 2019 Lexus ES, 2021 Jeep Wrangler, 2019 Toyota Alphard, 2021 Land Rover Range Rover, 2023 BMW X6, 2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, 2023 Mercedes-Benz S680 Maybach, 2023 Land Rover Range Rover, 2022 Bentley Continental, 2021 Rolls-Royce Cullinan, 2022 Rolls-Royce Phantom, 2022 Ferrari SF90 Stradale and a 2021 McLaren Senna.
Among the vehicles carrying the highest prices are the 2022 Rolls-Royce Phantom valued at around P32.5 million, the 2022 Ferrari SF90 Stradale at around P33.2 million and the 2021 McLaren Senna at around P86.7 million.
Interested bidders may inspect the vehicles during the scheduled public viewing on May 25 and 26 at the BOC-Port of Manila grounds. — Evelyn Macairan
