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Discayas name 8 former and current lawmakers, undersecretaries in flood control ledger
Contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya II and his wife Sarah named six current and former lawmakers and two former undersecretaries as recipients of kickbacks for flood control projects.
The accused officials include Representatives Roman Romulo, Dean Asistio, Patrick Vargas, Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar, and James "Jojo" Ang, as well as former Representative Marvin Rillo.
Also named were former Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Undersecretary Terence Calatrava and former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo.
The Discayas presented eight pages of their ledger during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, which allegedly detail these transactions.
Regarding Roberto Bernardo, Discaya claimed the kickback was given to DPWH District Engineer Manny Bulusan.
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Contractor couple Curlee and Sarah Discaya were temporarily allowed to leave a Senate hearing on anomalous flood control projects to retrieve ledgers detailing alleged payments to lawmakers and DPWH officials.
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Former Public Works and Highways undersecretary Roberto Bernardo has implicated former Secretary Manuel Bonoan and several other lawmakers in an alleged kickback scheme involving infrastructure projects.
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Former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo implicated former Secretary Manuel Bonoan and ex-undersecretary Cathy Cabral in an alleged massive infrastructure scam during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to begin a fact-finding investigation next week into senators and congressmen allegedly receiving kickbacks from ghost and substandard flood control projects.
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