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Pacifico and Cezarah Discaya, owners of St. Gerrard Construction Company, attend a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged ghost flood control projects at the Philippine Senate on September 8, 2025. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Karen De Guzman

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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/17806523629731780652361713.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Curlee and Sarah Discaya. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA - (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) The Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos City has issued a warrant of arrest against government contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya and nine other individuals over a non-bailable malversation of public funds case in connection with an allegedly anomalous flood control project in Bulacan.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2062828297009221641&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2026-06-05T09%3A14%3A28.883441%3A6673f879-8671-48b1-ae6a-c123e1af7223%26action%3Dcorrect%26popup&amp;sessionId=51e2325ad01390b033d308660fb1beec7250b3d4&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:624px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="2062828297009221641"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>In a warrant dated June 5, 2026, RTC Branch 20 Presiding Judge Marisol Dychingco ordered law enforcement authorities to arrest 11 accused for malversation of public funds or property through falsification of public documents.</p><p>Aside from the Discaya couple, those ordered arrested were former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers Brice Ericson Diaz Hernandez and Jaypee de Leon Mendoza.</p><p>The court said the offense is not bailable.</p><p>Earlier this week, the Ombudsman approved the filing of graft and malversation charges against the Discayas, former DPWH officials, and several private individuals over the project, which investigators alleged involved falsified accomplishment reports and disbursement documents.</p><p>Curlee Discaya is currently under the custody of the Senate after being cited in contempt during hearings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.</p><p>His wife, Sarah Discaya, is meanwhile detained at the Lapu-Lapu City Jail Female Dormitory in Cebu in connection with a separate case involving alleged ghost projects in Davao Occidental.</p><p>Former DPWH engineers Hernandez and Mendoza are also currently detained at the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas due to separate cases pending before the Sandiganbayan.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></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/PFncqYcsRmo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Regional Trial Court of Malolos City on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of government contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya over a non-bailable malversation of public funds case in connection with an allegedly anomalous flood control project in Bulacan.</p>

The Regional Trial Court of Malolos City on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of government contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya over a non-bailable malversation of public funds case in connection with an allegedly anomalous flood control project in Bulacan.

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Court orders arrest of Discaya couple, ex-DPWH engineers over malversation raps

Karen De Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 05, 2026 05:47 PM PHT

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Updated June 05, 2026 07:42 PM PHT

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