US EditionPhilippine Flood-Control Projects Made Substandard to Allow Huge Kickbacks, Senate Inquiry Told
Henry Alcantara named senators and officials in a P35 billion kickback scheme tied to Bulacan flood projects from 2022 to 2025, with 25% cuts for proponents, Senate hearings revealed.
- On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Henry Alcantara, formerly an engineer assigned to Bulacan’s first district, submitted a sworn affidavit at the DOJ identifying officials involved in receiving kickbacks from flood control projects in the province.
- Alcantara admitted funneling 25% kickbacks on multimillion-peso projects under orders from Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo, who allocated large funds through so-called midnight budget insertions.
- During a hearing conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, Alcantara accused two sitting Senators and a former Senator, including Bong Revilla, of receiving cash kickbacks, with the payments handed over in the town of Bocaue, Bulacan.
- Justice Secretary Boying Remulla announced the NBI is probing the case, coordinating with the AMLC which issued freeze orders on bank accounts, and is preparing graft and malversation complaints against named lawmakers and officials.
- The affidavit and ensuing investigation suggest systemic corruption in DPWH flood control projects with far-reaching implications, prompting calls for protection of Alcantara and the start of preliminary DOJ inquiries.
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Philippine flood-control projects made substandard to allow huge kickbacks, Senate inquiry told
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Ex-district engineer tags senators, lawmakers in kickback scheme
(UPDATE) A FORMER senior official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday detailed a systematic multibillion peso kickback scheme in Bulacan infrastructure projects, naming current and former lawmakers, department executives, and political intermediaries as beneficiaries of commissions siphoned off from public funds between 2022 and 2025.In a sworn statement executed in Pasay City and delivered before the Senate Blue Rib…
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The RecordPhilippine flood-control corruption inquiry hears testimony of alleged kickbacks
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Graft, malversation complaint filed vs Estrada, Villanueva, Co, Cajayon-Uy
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) expedited the filing of a criminal complaint against lawmakers named by former public works engineer Henry Alcantara. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said that after Alcantara swore on his affidavit at the DOJ on Tuesday, September 23, the department treated it as a complaint-affidavit with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as an endorsing agency. Remulla told Rapple…
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