Manila, Sept. 8 -- Malacanang on Monday urged controversial contractors Pacifico "Curlee" and Cezarah Rowena "Sarah" Discaya to substantiate their claims linking lawmakers and government officials to anomalous flood control projects, saying President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. supports a full investigation but not baseless accusations.

"Ang gusto naman talaga ng Pangulo ay malawakang imbestigasyon at malaman natin ang katotohanan. Ang ayaw lang naman ng Pangulo ay kung magna-namedrop nang walang ebidensya (The President really wants a wide-ranging investigation so we can know the truth. What the President does not want is name-dropping without evidence)," Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in a press briefing in Cambodia, where Marcos ...