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  • ‘Marcoleta, Defensor pressured me to implicate Romualdez’

    ‘Marcoleta, Defensor pressured me to implicate Romualdez’

    MANILA – Retired mariner Orly R. Guteza has recanted his testimony before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in September 2025, alleging that he was pressured by Sen. Rodante Marcoleta and former congressman Mike Defensor to make statements implicating then-House Speaker Martin Romualdez in alleged cash deliveries linked to the flood control controversy. In a sworn…