MANILA, Dec. 2 -- The First Family is open to undergoing a lifestyle check, Malacanang said Tuesday as it addressed questions raised in an investigative report about the distribution of "allocable" infrastructure funds that placed Ilocos Norte, the Marcos family's bailiwick currently represented by presidential son Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos in Congress, among the top recipients.

In a media briefing, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has already read the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) report, which claimed that Sandro Marcos' district received around PHP15.8 billion in Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) allocable funds from 2023 to 2025, the hig...