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In its seventh fraud audit report submitted to the Unbiased Fee for Infrastructure, the Fee on Audit finds proof of fraud and falsification in 4 flood management initiatives in three Bulacan cities
MANILA, Philippines – The Fee on Audit (COA) discovered irregularities in 4 flood management initiatives value P334 million in three cities in Bulacan.
In its seventh fraud audit report submitted to the Unbiased Fee for Infrastructure, COA discovered proof of fraud and falsification in all 4 initiatives attributable to each public works officers and contractors.
These initiatives beneath the Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Bulacan First District Engineering Workplace (DEO) embody the next:
| Challenge | Contractor | Worth |
| Building of Riverbank Safety Construction at Barangay San Roque (Purok 2), Baliuag, Bulacan | SYMS Building Buying and selling | P74.15 million |
| Riverbank Safety Construction at Barangay San Roque, Baliuag, Bulacan (Construction spanning 229.20 linear meters) | M3 Konstract Corp. | P96.499 million |
| Building of Riverbank Safety Construction at Balagtas River, Barangay Santol, Balagtas, Bulacan (Construction spanning 228.80 linear meters) | Elite Common Contractor and Growth Corp. | P96.499 million |
| Building of Riverbank Safety Construction at Barangay Caingin, Malolos Metropolis, Bulacan (Construction spanning 203.20 linear meters) | Wawao Builders | P77.2 million |
“COA’s inspection of those 4 initiatives revealed systemic irregularities by the DPWH-Bulacan 1st DE and contractors. The DPWH-Bulacan 1st DEO failed to offer COA with any of the mandatory and demanding supporting paperwork for validating the initiatives,” COA stated in its report.
In accordance with COA, there was no construction discovered within the supposed location of SYMS’ challenge. DPWH personnel directed them to a unique web site that doesn’t correspond to the situation specified within the accredited contract.
State auditors additionally discovered that the M3 Konstract challenge was poorly constructed, with a number of cracks and defects. In addition they found that the challenge’s location, as acknowledged within the official contract, was an identical to that of one other challenge beforehand flagged in a separate fraud audit inspection.
For the challenge dealt with by Elite Common, inspectors have been once more diverted to a unique location. The COA discovered a accomplished construction on the web site, despite the fact that information confirmed the challenge had been awarded to the agency solely 22 days earlier.
“COA discovered a flood management construction break up into two sections, which can’t be attributed to the challenge as a result of the contract required a single steady construction,” the auditors famous.
In the meantime, the COA found that Wawao’s flood management challenge didn’t exist, regardless of the DPWH having launched 100% of the contract funds.
COA named the next people liable for the flagged initiatives:
- Dismissed district engineer Henry Alcantara
- Dismissed assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez
- Planning and design part chief Ernesto Galang
- Dismissed building part chief Jaypee Mendoza
- Engineer John Michael Ramos
- Engineer Ronalie Pagtalunan
- Engineer Prince Earl Deocampo
- Engineer Irene Ontingco
- Engineer Jefferson Buendia
- Upkeep part officer in cost Jaime Hernandez
- High quality assurance part chief Norberto Santos
- Engineer Michelle Cruz
- Engineer Jasmine Jean Gonzaga
- Sally Santos of SYMS Building Buying and selling
- Louis Raphael Tiqui of M3 officers and different firm executives, and members of the board of administrators
- Maritoni Melgarito of Elite Common Contractor, and the corporate’s officers, and members of the board
COA’s fraud audit report served as the idea for the ICI’s interim stories and its suggestion to file complaints.
– Rappler.com
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