MANILA, Nov. 13 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said he expects arrests in the multibillion-peso flood control fund scam "before Christmas," nearly four months after he first exposed the scheme in his 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA).

"Bago mag-Pasko marami dito sa napangalanan dito, palagay ko matatapos na ang kaso nila, buo na 'yung kaso. Makukulong na sila, wala silang Merry Christmas (Before Christmas, I think many of those named here will have their cases completed. They'll be jailed - there's no Merry Christmas for them)," Marcos said in a Palace press briefing Thursday.

The Office of the Ombudsman has already filed multiple graft and malversation cases against officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (...