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Sally Santos, owner of SYMS Constructions Trading, attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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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/175885254384720250918-senate-flood-control-syms-sally-santos-JC0737.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sally Santos, owner of SYMS Constructions Trading, attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sally Santos, the owner of a construction firm embroiled in flood control scandal, went to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday to be evaluated for the Witness Protection Program.</p><p>Santos is the owner of SYMS Construction Trading, who earlier sought physical protection from the Senate Blue Ribbon panel. </p><p>Santos earlier admitted she allowed officials of DPWH in Bulacan to use her license. She collected a 3 percent “royalty” fee from projects brokered through her firm, amounting to tens of millions of pesos. <strong>—Report from Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><br/></div><div><em></em><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><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/-7dCPcKDkG0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><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/O0A0xtdjIIo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sally Santos, the owner of a construction firm embroiled in the flood control scandal, went to the DOJ on Friday to be evaluated for the Witness Protection Program.</p>

Sally Santos, the owner of a construction firm embroiled in the flood control scandal, went to the DOJ on Friday to be evaluated for the Witness Protection Program.

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Sally Santos visits DOJ for witness protection bid

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Published September 26, 2025 10:17 AM PHT

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