At a little past 9am today, we received a Viber alert from the Department of Transportation media group. The message said that the department was filing a formal plunder complaint about “the alleged anomalous MRT-3 maintenance service contract at the Office of the Ombudsman today…against the following”:

• Former DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya
• Former DOTC Undersecretary Edwin Lopez
• Former DOTC Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco
• Former DOTC Undersecretary Catherine Gonzales
• Former MRT-3 General Manager Roman Buenafe
• Former DOTC Bids and Awards Committee officials
• Busan Universal Railways Inc. officials
• Former DILG Secretary Mar Roxas
• Former DBM Secretary Florencio Abad
• Former DOF Secretary Cesar Purisima
• Former DOE Secretary Jericho Petilla
• Former DOST Secretary Mario Montejo
• Former DND Secretary Voltaire Gazmin
• Former DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson
• Former NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balicasan
• Marlo Dela Cruz

At around 1pm, we got photos as evidence that the complaint—“plunder and violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and the Government Procurement Reform Act”—had already been filed.

So there. The Metro Manila Transport Drama continues.