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Agatha Gregorio

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MANILA (UPDATED) -- Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of 10 Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region IV-B officials and two Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) members tagged in the issue surrounding flood control corruption.This was issued last October 23, according to Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano.Among those under the suspension order are DPWH Region IV-B officials, all of which were issued warrants of arrest, are Gerald Pacanan, Gene Altea, Ruben Delos Santos Jr., Dominic Serrano, Felisardo Casuno, Timojen Sacar, Montrexis Tamayo, Juliet Calvo, Dennis Abagon, and Lerma Cayco.Grace Lopez and Friedrich Karl Camero, also ordered suspended, are BAC members named in a request for Immigration Lookout Bulletin Orders (ILBO) from the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to the Department of Justice (ICI), according to the Philippine News Agency.“This stemmed from the administrative case that was instituted simultaneously with the criminal charge,” Clavano said about the preventive suspension in a message to reporters.Pacanan, Altea, Delos Santos, Serrano, Cayco, Calvo, Casino, Abagon, and Tamayo have since entered not guilty pleas before the Sandiganbayan 6th Division in relation to alleged flood control project anomalies in Oriental Mindoro.<div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/2/dpwh-execs-tagged-in-anomalous-mindoro-project-plead-not-guilty-to-malversation-1534">READ: DPWH execs tagged in anomalous Mindoro project plead not guilty to malversation</a></div>

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of 10 Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region IV-B officials and two Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) members tagged in the issue surrounding flood control corruption.

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of 10 Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region IV-B officials and two Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) members tagged in the issue surrounding flood control corruption.

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Ombudsman suspends for 6 months some DPWH officials, BAC members tagged in flood control mess

Agatha Gregorio,

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Published Dec 02, 2025 06:52 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 05, 2025 05:10 PM PHT

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