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COA finds ghost, defective flood control projects worth P334M in Bulacan
State auditors from the Commission on Audit (COA) have flagged four flood control projects in Bulacan amounting to P334 million due to systemic irregularities.
The COA filed fraud audit reports recommending graft, malversation, and falsification raps against former Bulacan district engineers and contractors.
Irregularities include the discovery of ghost structures, projects built on mismatched sites, and poorly constructed projects with multiple defects.
One project by SYMS Construction Trading, amounting to P74 million, had no structure built at the approved site, with DPWH personnel directing auditors to a different location.
Another project by M3 Konstract Corp. for P96 million was found to be poorly constructed and located at a site identical to another previously flagged project.
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) recommended filing criminal and administrative charges against former DPWH officials, including former chief district engineer Henry Alcantara and engineers Brice Ericson Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Ernesto Galang, John Carlo Rivera, John Michael Marcos, Claudine Magdalene Magsakay, and Allan Payawal, over a P95-million unbuilt flood control project in Bocaue, Bulacan.
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has again urged the Ombudsman to file administrative cases against former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials, including ex-Secretary Manuel Bonoan, for alleged irregularities in a P74 million project.
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The Makabayan bloc, represented by House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio, is seeking a congressional inquiry into P4.44 billion worth of flood control projects in Davao City's first district implemented between 2019 and 2022.
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) confirmed that six flood control projects in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, including those near Bongo River and Sinigpit Creek, are not "ghost" projects.
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) is prioritizing 80 out of 421 flood control projects suspected of corruption, involving contractors previously named by President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.
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