Romualdez, 18 bagmen skip Blue Ribbon meeting

(UPDATE) FORMER speaker Martin Romualdez, four other lawmakers, and 18 alleged bagmen were no-shows at the organizational meeting for the resumption of the Senate’s investigation into the flood control bribery scandal. Sen. Erwin Tulfo, chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee under the new majority bloc, led the meeting. Sen. Pia Cayetano, who belonged to the minority bloc, insisted that she remained the real Blue Ribbon chief and did not attend. Others who were invited but did not appear we