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DPWH to file 18 ‘nonbailable’ cases over flood control anomalies
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will file non-bailable charges against 18 individuals and companies for alleged anomalies in flood control projects.
DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon confirmed that the cases will be filed at the Office of the Ombudsman.
Among those to be charged are former Bulacan First District engineer Henry Alcantara, former DPWH district engineer Brice Hernandez, and contractor couple Curlee and Sarah Discaya, who own Wawao Builders and Syms Construction Trading.
DPWH personnel from the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office are also implicated.
Specific charges have yet to be disclosed, but Dizon emphasized the non-bailable nature of the cases.
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