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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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Kaxandra Salonga

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<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/177665946072720250909-house-probe-flood-brice-hernandez-MT3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><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. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A liaison officer of SYMS Construction testified that P299 million contained in grocery boxes for chips, soy sauce, coffee, and noodles was delivered to former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Engr. Brice Hernandez. </p><p>Monica Louis Ocampo-Santos made the testimony during the Sandiganbayan’s bail hearing of the malversation case involving former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and ex-officials of DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office over the alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.</p><div style="text-align:center"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F2420658195025699%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><br/></div><p>Ocampo-Santos said she delivered the money to the accused Hernandez at his office on May 20, 2025, accompanied by another liaison officer and SYMS contractor Sally Santos, her husband’s aunt.</p><p>She said the P299 million covered five separate projects that Hernandez allegedly implemented under Santos’ contractor’s license, including P74 million for the project in Pandi, Bulacan.</p><p>She noted that the P74 million was the project’s fund under the National Expenditure Program, from which the royalty fees, retention fees, and value added tax (VAT) had already been deducted.</p><p>When asked by the court about the size of the boxes, Ocampo-Santos said one box labeled for chips could hold around P45 million in P1,000 bundles, while a smaller box labeled for soy sauce could carry around P20 million in the same denomination.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/14/ici-turns-over-luxury-vehicles-linked-to-graft-case-to-ombudsman-1247">ICI turns over luxury vehicles linked to graft case to Ombudsman</a></div><p>Ocampo-Santos added that she witnessed Hernandez counting the cash.</p><p>She also attached to her judicial affidavit a screenshot of her conversation with Hernandez about the five “partial” payments a day before the delivery, in which she referred to him as “ninong.”</p><p>Upon questioning by the court, she explained that Hernandez was one of her wedding godfathers, along with former DPWH Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara and other accused officials Jaypee Mendoza and Juanito Mendoza.</p><p>Ocampo-Santos said she also witnessed the<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/8/sally-santos-testifies-delivering-p400-million-to-hernandez-in-one-go-1525"> P400 million</a> delivery made by Sally Santos to Hernandez in one go.</p><p>Santos, who earlier testified in the hearing, said this was her biggest delivery to Hernandez as part of their dealings in infrastructure projects from 2024 to 2025.</p><p>Revilla was excused from the hearing due to migraine, his lawyer Reody Balisi said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0BA8yU28d5Y?si=SyNinjCOK8y6_4ew" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>A liaison officer of SYMS Construction testified that P299 million contained in grocery boxes for chips, soy sauce, coffee, and noodles was delivered to former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Engr. Brice Hernandez.</p>

A liaison officer of SYMS Construction testified that P299 million contained in grocery boxes for chips, soy sauce, coffee, and noodles was delivered to former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Engr. Brice Hernandez.

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SYMS liaison officer testifies grocery boxes containing P299 million delivered to Brice Hernandez

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 20, 2026 12:45 PM PHT

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