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RG Cruz

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MANILA — Government contractor Sally Santos of SYMS Construction Trading admitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that the company lent its licenses to DPWH district engineers for use in projects.&quot;Yes, your honor,&quot; Santos said in response to Sen. JV Ejercito, who asked if Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza borrowed the licenses. She said she did not know what they would use the licenses for ghost projects.&quot;Kasi po syempre po, sila po&#x27;y tauhan po ng DPWH, naniniwala po ako na hindi po nila gagawin yun dahil yun po kasing lisensya ko po, sapilitan na po nilang hiniram po sakin,&quot; she said.(Of course, since they are DPWH officials, I believed they would not do that. They forced me to lend them the license)She said the two had only informed her that a flood control project in  Barangay Piel in Bocaue, Bulacan would be bidded out.&quot;Tapos pinasa ko lang po yung technical ko po, tapos sila na po ang bahala dun sa financial, sila na rin po ang gumawa.&quot;(I just passed the technical requirements. They said they would take care of the financial requirements)<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/9/18/brice-hernandez-says-dpwh-engineers-shared-profits-from-ghost-projects-1325">Brice Hernandez says DPWH engineers &#x27;shared&#x27; profits from ghost projects</a></div><div> </div><div>ALCANTARA MAINTAINS INNOCENCE</div>Dismissed District Engineer Henry Alcantara maintained he only signed off on projects with the rest left to Hernandez and Mendoza.&quot;Sa amin po kasi, pag po nakapirma na po kasi yung mga nasa baba po sakin, pinipirmahan ko na po yun&quot; he said.(At our office, I will sign if my subordinates have already signed a project report) After securing legislative immunity, Hernandez confirmed that he and Mendoza as well as Engineer Paul Duya were involved in the ghost projects.He said Alcantara took 40 percent of their kickback from the project while he, Mendoza and Duya had shares of 20 percent each.Hernandez said they had resorted to ghost projects because of the huge kickbacks.&quot;Isa na nga rin pong kasagutan, yung tumaas po ang tara,&quot; Hernandez said. &quot;Sa proponent daw po sabi ni Boss. Honestly, wala po akong direktang pakikipag-usap sa proponent.&quot;(That is one answer, the rise in the &#x27;tara&#x27;. It goes to the proponent, according to the Boss. Honestly, I don&#x27;t talk to proponents directly)Alcantara meanwhile denies Hernandez&#x27;s statement pointing out that his former subordinate kept pointing the blame at him.&quot;Maliwanag ba naman po rito na sinasabi ng mga contractor na sila po ang kausap diyan, your honor,&quot; Alcantara said.(It is clear that the contractors said they dealt with him, your honor)He added that the district engineering office sends its &quot;wishlist&quot; of projects to the DPWH central office. &quot;Regarding po dun sa mga insertions po ng sinasabi niyo po, wala po kaming alam po doon, your honor.&quot;(We don&#x27;t know anything about the insertions you are talking about, your honor)He added he does not know anything about ghost projects and that his office only implemented projects that were in the General Appropriations Act, or the national budget.

Government contractor Sally Santos of SYMS Construction Trading admitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that they lent their licenses to DPWH District engineers.

Government contractor Sally Santos of SYMS Construction Trading admitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that they lent their licenses to DPWH District engineers.

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Contractor says she lent licenses to DPWH engineers for use in projects

RG Cruz,

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Published Sep 18, 2025 07:17 PM PHT

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