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Pacifico and Cezarah Discaya, owners of St. Gerrard Construction Company, attend a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged ghost flood control projects at the Philippine Senate on September 8, 2025. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Johnson Manabat

Kaxandra Salonga

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760580177948cropped-Screen Shot 2025-10-16 at 10.01.57 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Pacifico and Cezarah Discaya, owners of St. Gerrard Construction Company, attend a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged ghost flood control projects at the Philippine Senate on September 8, 2025. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><p>MANILA <strong>(2nd UPDATE) </strong>— Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon on Thursday warned the Discaya couple of more severe consequences if they stop cooperating with the government&#x27;s flood control probe.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/15/discayas-back-out-from-cooperating-with-ici-on-flood-control-project-probe-1744">Discayas back out from cooperating with ICI on flood-control project probe</a></div><p>&quot;Kailangang mag-cooperate sila, kung hindi sila mag-cooperate, pasensiyahan tayo. Ganon lang kasimple yun,&quot; Dizon said.</p><p>(They must cooperate or face the consequences. It&#x27;s that simple)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/10/8/discaya-couple-aide-face-p7-1-billion-tax-charges-1030">BIR files P7.1-B tax complaints vs Discayas, says couple &#x27;never divested&#x27; from firms</a></div><p>On Wednesday, Pacifico and Sarah Discaya, whose firms are among the top 15 awarded flood-control projects, informed the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) that they will no longer cooperate with the government investigation into corruption in projects that were substandard, unfinished, or did not exist.</p><p>ICI Executive Director Brian Hosaka said the Discayas&#x27; lawyer told him that the couple had expected the panel to recommend that they be made state witnesses in exchange for their cooperation.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>ASSET RECOVERY MEETING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The ICI on Thursday also held its Asset Recovery Meeting, which included Dizon, Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, as well as other officials from the Department of Juctice, Department of Information and Communications Technology, Anti-Money Laundering Council, and others.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/18/dpwh-initiating-warranty-claims-vs-ghost-substandard-flood-control-projects-1005">DPWH initiating warranty claims vs ghost, substandard flood control projects</a></div><p>&quot;We are all enraged and betrayed by what was done to deliberately manipulate our finance and only to feed the greed of  not a few government officials,&quot; ICI chairperson Andres Reyes, Jr. said during the meeting.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>DISCAYAS AND CLTG BUILDERS</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla meanwhile said the contractors may be protecting Sen. Bong Go, whose father&#x27;s CLTG Builders had deals with Discaya firms in the Davao Region in 2017.</p><p>“Ang assessment ko personally sa nakita ko kay Curlee Discaya, hustler siya talaga. Marami silang pinoprotektahan. Looks like Sen. Bong Go is being protected,” Remulla said in an interview with Alvin Elchico on DZMM Teleradyo’s Gising Pilipinas.</p><p>(My personal assessment is that Curlee Discaya is a real hustler. The couple are protecting a lot of people. Looks like Sen. Bong Go is being protected)</p><p>Although the construction firm is owned Deciderio Go, Remulla said CLTG Builders &quot;stands for Christopher Lawrence Tesoro Go&quot;. </p><p>According to a <a href="https://pcij.org/2018/09/06/firms-of-bong-go-kin-top-contractors-many-jvs-delayed-projects-in-davao/">2018 investigative report</a> by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), CLTG Builders ranked among Davao City’s top 10 contractors from 2010 to 2017. The firm was awarded about P1.85 billion in infrastructure projects during that period.</p><p>PCIJ also reported that CLTG won an additional P2.7 billion in projects through joint ventures with four other contractors, including Alfrego Builders, which is owned by Sen. Go’s half-brother Alfredo Go. </p><p>The report also revealed that CLTG was among the firms with the most delayed projects in the region.</p><p>Go earlier branded the PCIJ report “malicious,” but the organization said it stood by its findings.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>BLANKET IMMUNITY DIFFICULT</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Remulla said the Discayas were previously warned when he was still justice secretary, that granting them blanket immunity would be difficult given their alleged involvement in major crimes.</p><p>“Hindi naman tama na bibigyan sila ng immunity hanggang sa tax evasion,” he said.</p><p>(It would not be right to give them immunity even for tax evasion)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/10/8/discaya-couple-aide-face-p7-1-billion-tax-charges-1030"><strong>BIR files P7.1-B tax complaints vs Discayas, says couple &#x27;never divested&#x27; from firms</strong></a></div><p>Aside from the tax evasion complaints, Remulla said, the DOJ is looking into potential charges of bribery, indirect bribery, malversation of public funds, plunder and bid rigging.</p><p>“Marami silang hinohold (testimonya), very selective kaya sinasabi namin sa kanila, kung may tsansa kayong makawala dito dapat tell all kayo, wala kayong tinatago. Kaya lang, very evasive,” he also said.</p><p>(They are withholding a lot of testimony. They are very performative. That&#x27;s why we told them that doing a &#x27;tell all&#x27; is their chance to save themselves. But they have been very evasive)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n7mLglVpiBs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sl1daHU6e7M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTz8aDj5HNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>DPWH chief Vince Dizon warned the Discaya couple of more severe consequences if they push through with their decision to stop cooperating with the government's flood control probe.</p>

DPWH chief Vince Dizon warned the Discaya couple of more severe consequences if they push through with their decision to stop cooperating with the government's flood control probe.

DPWH chief Dizon on Discayas' backpedaling: 'Pasensiyahan tayo'

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DPWH chief Dizon on Discayas' backpedaling: 'Pasensiyahan tayo'

Johnson Manabat,

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 16, 2025 10:04 AM PHT

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Updated October 16, 2025 12:36 PM PHT

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