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Marilyn Cahatol

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<div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XKNVP-gcn78?si=Sjch8vdT-kCBCyGI" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District engineer Henry Alcantara on Thursday said anomalous projects were also implemented in other districts, upon Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co’s instruction. </p><p>“Upon the instruction of Cong. Zaldy Co, sabi niya, ‘Masyado nang malaki yung Bulacan. Pwede ka bang tumulong na makapagbigay din sa ibang district?’” he said during the Senate&#x27;s <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/senate-resumes-flood-control-probe-in-sixth-hearing-0900">sixth </a>hearing in the anomalous flood control projects.</p><p>This prompted Alcantara to offer projects to other districts, with similar scheme as the flood control projects in Bulacan 1st District.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>SAME SCHEME</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>He earlier said 25 percent of the projects&#x27; costs all go to Co. &quot;Ganun din po, 25 din po yung kinukuha po.&quot;</p><p>Excluding the tax and all &quot;commitments&quot; given to politicians and DPWH officials, all projects were left with only 30 to 35 percent of their costs for actual operation, said Alcantara.</p><p>Alcantara then submits to Co a list of district engineers interested in the infrastructure projects. </p><p>He said projects were also placed in Tarlac 1st and 2nd Districts, Pampanga 3rd District and Bulacan 2nd District. </p><p>Alcantara noted that the congressmen in the named districts were not involved in their transaction, unless the district engineers informed them of the existence of the projects.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>SAGASA OR PARKING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>If the congressman was unaware, the project is called “sagasa,” or was implemented without the knowledge of the congressman in the project’s location. </p><p>If the congressman was aware, he/she was given a “parking fee” of five percent. </p><p>Alcantara said he does not know if there was any congressman involved in the districts. </p><p>&quot;Tingin ko po yung district engineer ang makakasagot kung may usapan po sila ng pulitiko o hindi,&quot; said Alcantara. </p><p>“Ganun ka makapangyarihan ang district engineer,” said Sen. JV Ejercito.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/ex-dpwh-exec-roberto-bernardo-admits-wrongdoing-in-flood-control-fiasco-0916">Ex-DPWH exec Roberto Bernardo tags Escudero, Co, Revilla, Binay in kickbacks</a></div><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/uBh15QBT2r4?&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/ZBKW7zYJoNM?&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>Former DPWH Bulacan 1st District engineer Henry Alcantara on Thursday said fraudulent projects were also implemented in other districts, upon Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co’s instruction.</p>

Former DPWH Bulacan 1st District engineer Henry Alcantara on Thursday said fraudulent projects were also implemented in other districts, upon Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co’s instruction.

Sham flood control projects placed in other districts upon Zaldy Co’s order: Alcantara

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Sham flood control projects placed in other districts upon Zaldy Co’s order: Alcantara

Marilyn Cahatol,

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Published September 25, 2025 11:08 AM PHT

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