MANILA, PHILIPPINES — A former district engineer from Bulacan linked two senators to the flood control mess at the resumption of the investigation by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Quoting his boss District Engineer Henry Alcantara, former assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez said Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva demanded "30 percent" and was "delivered when these items came out in the GAA (General Appropriations Act).| Alcantara denied Hernandez's allegations.
In response, Estrada, in Filipino and English, denied the claims and challenged him to take a lie detector test so that everyone would know who was telling the truth."
Estrada, Villanueva tagged in House flood control mess, says 'SOP was 30%', This news data comes from:http://aichuwei.com
"Talk is cheap. I am ready to prove that all that he said against me were pure lies," he added in a text message.
Hernandez was at the House after Senate President Tito Sotto III allowed him to attend the parallel probe on flood control projects.
Sotto has granted the request of the House for Hernandez to attend its public hearing, recognizing the principle of inter-parliamentary courtesy.
Hernandez was detained at the Senate on Monday after the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee cited him in contempt for repeatedly denying his alleged casino habits.
- 'Lannie' exits PH — Pagasa
- Marcos orders 'sweeping review' of DPWH budget under 2026 NEP
- Diokno urges Philippines to rejoin ICC to counter China's aggression
- Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
- Marcos sacks PNP Chief Torre, saying it was 'difficult but necessary'
- 'God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint
- Vatican puts Pope Francis' ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm center
- DILG suspends classes, gov’t work in 17 areas
- Sen. Bong Go files bill for better health worker protection, benefits
- Red Cross head says mass evacuation of Gaza City 'impossible'
