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President Marcos orders DILG, PNP to track down VP Sarah Discaya, others
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to track down contractor Sarah Discaya and others involved in a P100-million ghost flood control project in Davao Occidental.
The Ombudsman recommended filing charges for malversation through falsification and violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act against Discaya, St. Timothy Construction executive Maria Roma Angeline Rimando, and eight Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officers.
The project, awarded in January 2022 to St. Timothy Construction and supposedly completed in the same year, was confirmed by the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to have never commenced.
Indigenous peoples and barangay officials also confirmed in a joint affidavit that the project was not implemented.
President Marcos emphasized that malversation is a non-bailable offense and that arrests will follow the issuance of warrants.
The DILG and PNP are prepared to apprehend the individuals once warrants are issued, ensuring that no one will evade the law.
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