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Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez attends the congressional hearing on the alleged ghost flood control projects at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Andrea Taguines

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<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/175790050904620250909-house-probe-flood-brice-hernandez-MT3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez attends the congressional hearing on the alleged ghost flood control projects at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Public Works and Highways said Monday it has sacked Brice Hernandez, an engineer tagged in ghost flood projects in Bulacan.</p><p>The former Assistant District Engineer was dismissed along with other officials of the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office: Jaypee Mendoza who was Chief of the Construction Division, and Chief Accountant Juanito Mendoza.</p><p>In a decision signed by DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, all three were found guilty of disloyalty, grave misconduct, gross neglect in the performance of duty, and conduct prejudicial to the interest of the service in the administrative case filed against them.</p><p>Their dismissals come with the accessory penalties of perpetual disqualification from holding public office, forfeiture of retirement benefits, except accrued leave credits, and cancellation of civil service eligibility.</p><p>They are also named in the graft and corruption complaints filed by Dizon before the Ombudsman last week, still in connection with several ghost and substandard flood control projects in the province of Bulacan.</p><p>Their former boss, ex-Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara, was fired several weeks ago, on top of the corruption charges he is also facing.</p><p>Hernandez last week <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/jinggoy-threatens-to-sue-ex-dpwh-engineer-who-accused-him-of-corruption-1519">implicated two senators in alleged kickbacks</a> from flood control projects — which they denied. He was also identified by Sen. Panfilo Lacson among five Bulacan engineers who allegedly <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/dpwh-s-bgc-boys-lost-p950-million-in-casinos-lacson-1547">blew millions of pesos in casino losses.</a></p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/11/brice-hernandez-seeks-court-protection-amid-serious-and-active-threats-1156">Brice Hernandez camp files writ of amparo plea amid &#x27;serious and active threats&#x27;</a></div><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/11/sotto-only-lawyers-family-can-visit-ex-dpwh-engineer-brice-1127">Sotto: Only lawyers, family can visit ex-DPWH engineer Hernandez at Pasay jail</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>BACK IN SENATE</strong></div><p>Hernandez was brought back to the Senate on Monday after the hearing regarding his writ of amparo petition today at the Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 112.</p><p>Hernandez’s lawyer wrote to Senate President Vicente Sotto III to seek the re-admission of their client to the Senate Detention Facility following his transfer to a Pasay jail. </p><p>He was earlier cited in contempt by the Senate Blue Ribbon panel after supposedly lying about his casino habits.</p><p>The former DPWH engineer is expected to appear before the Blue Ribbon Committee’s hearing on Thursday.</p><p>Former Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chair  Rodante Marcoleta welcomed the development.</p><p>&quot;Talaga namang dito siya dapat,&quot; said Marcoleto, who had flagged Sotto for agreeing to House Speaker Martin Romualdez&#x27;s phone call requesting that Hernandez not be detained in the Senate due to security concerns.</p><p>Marcoleta had called out Sotto for not consulting him as he was still chairman of the panel at that time. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson had been elected Marcoleta&#x27;s replacement. -- <strong>with a report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NJXVN_qbiCQ" title="&#x27;There is an active threat&#x27;: Brice Hernandez&#x27;s camp files writ of amparo plea | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The Department of Public Works and Highways said Monday it has dismissed Brice Hernandez, an engineer tagged in ghost flood projects in Bulacan.</p>

The Department of Public Works and Highways said Monday it has dismissed Brice Hernandez, an engineer tagged in ghost flood projects in Bulacan.

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Brice Hernandez, other DPWH Bulacan officials dismissed from service

Andrea Taguines,

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Published Sep 15, 2025 09:43 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 15, 2025 02:18 PM PHT

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