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Sacked DPWH engineers want house arrest
Three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers, Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, and Jaypee Mendoza, who are detained at the Senate, have requested to be placed under house arrest instead of continued detention.
The engineers are detained in connection with the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's investigation into the flood control scandal.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III stated that no decision has been made regarding the request and that the Blue Ribbon Committee, now chaired by Senator Erwin Tulfo, will decide.
Contractor Curlee Discaya, also detained, has not made a similar request but has filed a petition for habeas corpus.
Hernandez was cited in contempt on September 8 for lying during a hearing, while Alcantara, Mendoza, and Discaya were detained on September 18.
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Contractor Curlee Discaya's legal team has filed a petition for habeas corpus with the Pasay City Regional Trial Court, seeking his immediate release from Senate detention.
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Dismissed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan engineer Henry Alcantara was briefly hospitalized due to chest discomfort but was later cleared by doctors, according to Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca.
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A Pasay court has denied the habeas corpus petition filed by contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya II, upholding his continued detention in the Senate.
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