COA flags 4 more ghost flood control projects, files new raps

Ombudsman suspends 16 DPWH Bulacan personnel

MANILA, Philippines — Sixteen personnel from the Department of Public Works and Highways - Bulacan First District Engineering Office were suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman to prevent them from exerting influence in the ongoing investigation of alleged anomalies in the government's flood control projects.Acting Ombudsman Dante Vargas issued the preventive suspension order on Sept.18, after DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon filed criminal complain…

COA: Ex-DPWH execs in Bulacan face graft raps over P390-M ghost projects

The Commission on Audit said former officers of the DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office may face graft and corruption charges after it submitted to the Ombudsman its findings on four "ghost" flood control projects in the province worth almost P390 million.

COA flags 4 more ghost flood control projects, files new raps

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Audit (COA) has filed another set of fraud audit reports (FARs) with the Office of the Ombudsman, this time flagging four additional ghost flood control projects in Bulacan worth over ₱389 million. In a statement released Thursday, September 18, COA said the newly uncovered projects were supposedly implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) in Pla…