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Another DPWH engineer faces dismissal over ₱247-M substandard flood projects
Manila Bulletin
|September 10, 2025
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday, Sept. 9, confirmed that another project engineer will be dismissed for alleged involvement in three defective flood control projects in Bulacan worth a combined ₱247 million.
Dizon said the Commission on Audit (COA) Fraud Audit team flagged Project Engineer Paul Jayson Duya, former 1st District Engineer Henry Alcantara, Assistant District Engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez, Construction Section chief Jaypee Mendoza, and Mark Allan Arevalo of Wawao Builders for irregularities uncovered in the province.
In Barangay Frances, Calumpit, COA reported that only 77.90 meters of the planned 124-meter dike were built for a ₱77-million project.
This story is from the September 10, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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