MANILA, Nov. 25 -- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor "Jonvic" Remulla said Tuesday that more big names implicated in the flood control corruption scandal will be arrested in the coming weeks.

"Big fish are coming soon. We should expect the Discayas, senators, congressmen in the next five weeks, sunod-sunod na sila. Walang 'La Catedral' dito. I-treat sila kagaya ng mga karamihan (They will be arrested one after the other. There is no La Catedral here. They will be treated like everyone else)," he said in a statement.

Remulla was referring to the La Catedral prison in Medellin, Colombia, which was built to specifications ordered by Medellin Cartel leader Pablo Escobar under an agreement with t...