MANILA, PHILIPPINES — A former district engineer from Bulacan linked two senators to the flood control mess at the resumption of the investigation by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Quoting his boss District Engineer Henry Alcantara, former assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez said Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva demanded "30 percent" and was "delivered when these items came out in the GAA (General Appropriations Act).| Alcantara denied Hernandez's allegations.
In response, Estrada, in Filipino and English, denied the claims and challenged him to take a lie detector test so that everyone would know who was telling the truth."
"Talk is cheap. I am ready to prove that all that he said against me were pure lies," he added in a text message.
Hernandez was at the House after Senate President Tito Sotto III allowed him to attend the parallel probe on flood control projects.
Estrada, Villanueva tagged in House flood control mess, says 'SOP was 30%'
Sotto has granted the request of the House for Hernandez to attend its public hearing, recognizing the principle of inter-parliamentary courtesy., This news data comes from:http://gyglfs.com
Hernandez was detained at the Senate on Monday after the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee cited him in contempt for repeatedly denying his alleged casino habits.
- Social media erupts: Politicians' children face backlash for flaunting wealth
- ERC amends net-metering rules to expand renewable energy options
- Marcos, first lady visit Cambodia to boost ties
- New DPWH chief Dizon: "A department can't investigate itself"
- DILG denies claims ex-PNP chief ousted over firearms purchase
- Discaya says her family owns nine companies
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- Escudero subpoenas 5 contractors, 3 DPWH executives to Senate probe
- Thai court to rule on PM's fate after Hun Sen call leak
- Mob burns Nigerian woman to death over Islam blasphemy claim — police
