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Contractor testifies on P1.72 billion payment to ex-DPWH engineer
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Sally Santos, owner of SYMS Construction, testified at the Sandiganbayan on April 8 that she delivered nearly P1.72 billion to former DPWH engineer Brice Hernandez from 42 projects. This occurred during the bail hearing for former senator Bong Revilla and others in a malversation case over a ghost P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan. The court questioned her credibility.
The Department of Public Works and Highways has reduced the EDSA rehabilitation project's budget to P5.8 billion from an original P17 billion, Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said. The first phase finished early, with bidding for phase two underway this month. The revised plan aims to minimize traffic disruption in Metro Manila.
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A longtime aide of former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo testified before the Sandiganbayan about delivering boxes and suitcases to personalities linked to anomalous flood control projects.
Former Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has rejected claims that he is the 'ES' referenced in the Cabral Files, linked to P8.3 billion in questionable Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects for the 2025 budget. Following recent Senate disclosures and probes into DPWH anomalies, Bersamin denied ever requesting, endorsing, or approving such allocations.
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Contractor Curlee Discaya and former Department of Public Works and Highways engineers Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, and Jaypee Mendoza will spend the holidays in Senate detention after their Christmas furlough request was denied, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said.
Congressman Edwin Gardiola, a party-list representative, has been accused by multiple sources of buying Department of Public Works and Highways project line items and selling them to contractors at a markup, while offering kickbacks to district lawmakers to park projects in their areas. Rappler's investigation reveals his brazen approaches to fellow congressmen and ties to DPWH officials. The scheme highlights vulnerabilities in the party-list system and budget allocation processes.
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue has filed three separate tax evasion complaints against former Department of Public Works and Highways engineers Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, and Jaypee Mendoza over a P1.6 billion tax liability. The cases are linked to alleged corruption in flood control projects. Meanwhile, the Independent Commission for Infrastructure recommended additional criminal and administrative charges against them and others.
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