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<div><iframe width="1179" height="663" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yaZTvrKZCgw" title="LIVE: Rep. Nicanor Briones attends ICI hearing on flood control anomalies" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>MANILA — AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones joined a hearing of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure on Monday, months after he was tagged by government contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya in alleged irregularities in flood-control projects. </p><p>Briones&#x27; lawyer Winston Ginez sought an executive session with the ICI to &quot;protect the confidential and highly sensitive information&quot; that the lawmaker would divulge. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/12/an-a-z-of-players-in-the-philippine-flood-control-scandal-1625">An A-Z of players in the Philippine flood control scandal</a></div><p>Briones refused to answer questions from the media after the hearing, but his lawyer said the lawmaker rejected “all unfair and unfounded accusations against him” by the Discaya couple. </p><p>“Nasabi niya lahat na siya’y walang kinalaman sa lahat ng mga naging alegasyon laban sa kanya,” said Ginez. </p><p>“Wala po siyang flood control [project], wala po,” he added. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>CABRAL</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>The ICI earlier said it would also summon former Department of Public Works (DPWH) Undersecretary <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/11/ici-to-re-invite-ex-dpwh-usec-cabral-1347">Catalina Cabral</a> to Monday’s hearing.</p><p>But ICI Executive Director Brian Hosaka said they had not received any attendance confirmation from Cabral, who had been implicated in alleged kickbacks from flood control projects.  </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/9/8/-she-denied-it-to-my-face-dizon-says-dpwh-usec-cabral-refutes-link-to-2026-budget-insertion-1303">&#x27;She denied it to my face&#x27;: Dizon says DPWH Usec Cabral refutes link to 2026 budget insertion</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/marcoleta-calls-out-dpwh-usec-cabral-for-allegedly-lying-1845">Marcoleta calls out DPWH Usec. Cabral for allegedly lying<br/></a></div><p>For the afternoon hearing, Department of Budget and Management Acting Secretary Rolando Toledo is expected appear before the ICI.</p>

<p>AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones joined a hearing of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure on Monday, months after he was tagged by government contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya in alleged irregularities in flood-control projects.</p>

AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones joined a hearing of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure on Monday, months after he was tagged by government contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya in alleged irregularities in flood-control projects.

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Rep. Nicanor Briones faces ICI hearing; ex-DPWH Usec Cabral no show

Johnson Manabat,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 15, 2025 09:51 AM PHT

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Updated December 15, 2025 01:41 PM PHT

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