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Senator Jinggoy Estrada files a case against former Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on October 7, 2025. Estrada filed four counts of perjury against Hernandez after he was implicated in anomalous “ghost” flood control projects during several probes conducted by both the lower and upper chambers of Congress. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

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SEN. JINGGOT ESTRADA- PERJuYRY CASE

Job Manahan

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177328723678420251007-jinggoy-estrada-vs-hernandez-JC0239.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Jinggoy Estrada files a case against former Bulacan Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on October 7, 2025. Estrada filed four counts of perjury against Hernandez after he was implicated in anomalous “ghost” flood control projects during several probes conducted by both the lower and upper chambers of Congress. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday filed at the Department of Justice (DOJ) his counter-affidavit for the plunder and graft complaints against him over his alleged links to flood control irregularities in Bulacan. </p><p>Estrada did not grant any interviews with the media, but was “confident” with his counter-affidavit, said his spokesperson, lawyer Bianca Soriano.</p><p>Asked if he was also confident that the complaints would be dismissed, Soriano said, “Yes, definitely.”  </p><p>The complaints stemmed from the accusations of some <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/ex-dpwh-engineer-tags-estrada-villanueva-in-alleged-flood-control-anomalies-1055">Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Bulacan officials</a>, who claimed in September last year that he was among officials who supposedly received kickbacks from flood control projects.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/16/precautionary-hold-departure-order-out-for-jinggoy-estrada-co-respondents-1722">Precautionary hold departure order out for Jinggoy Estrada, co-respondents</a></div><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1389316206300893%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>“We attacked it specifically doon sa requirements of a complaint-affidavit. What NBI filed is a letter attaching an affidavit. And then we also discussed the admissibility and credibility of the evidence which [was] not able to meet the required for criminal cases before the DOJ or Ombudsman,” Soriano told reporters following the filing of their counter-affidavit. </p><p>“We also attacked it on the jurisprudence that requires to be more cautious with testimonies of witnesses applying for the state witness protection program,” she said. </p><p>Soriano asserted that the statements and other documentary affidavits that implicated Estrada had  “inconsistencies”.</p><p>“Maraming inconsistent statements specifically unahin natin yung sinabi ni [dismissed Bulacan first district engineer] Henry Alcantara na si [ex–DPWH undersecretary Roberto] Bernardo ang nagtanong kung mayroon ba siyang projects, then we see Bernardo’s affidavit naman saying it was Alcantara who offered that list of project,” she said. </p><p>“We can see the inconsistency among the witnesses themselves. Iba pa yung ibang witness na inconsistent ang affidavit niya from another affidavit,” she said. </p><p>Estrada previously denied receiving flood control funds and vowed to prove this in court.</p><p>&quot;Ang mga paratang laban sa akin ay pawang hearsay o batay lamang sa sabi-sabi,&quot; he said. &quot;Handa akong ipagtanggol ang aking sarili at dumaan sa anumang proseso ng batas upang patunayan na nagsasabi ako ng totoo at nanatiling tapat sa aking tungkulin bilang lingkod-bayan.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/22/estrada-says-no-evidence-linking-him-to-anomalous-flood-control-projects-1145">Estrada says no evidence linking him to anomalous flood control projects</a></div><div><iframe width="1080" height="608" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FaGqca1-B48" title="Estrada, Villanueva deny receiving flood control kickbacks | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday filed at the Department of Justice (DOJ) his counter-affidavit for the plunder and graft complaints against him over his alleged links to flood control irregularities in Bulacan.</p>

Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday filed at the Department of Justice (DOJ) his counter-affidavit for the plunder and graft complaints against him over his alleged links to flood control irregularities in Bulacan.

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Estrada ‘confident’ with affidavit vs plunder, graft raps over flood control mess

Job Manahan,

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Published March 12, 2026 11:51 AM PHT

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Updated March 12, 2026 12:53 PM PHT

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