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Ex-DPWH engineer admits flood control kickback system predated Romualdez speakership
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The Manila TimesLead•8h ago
Ex-DPWH engineer admits flood control kickback system predated Romualdez speakership
MANILA, Philippines — Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer Henry Alcantara, now a state witness against former speaker Martin Romualdez in a P7.4-billion plunder case, testified Tuesday that the infrastructure kickback scheme had been in place even before Romualdez assumed the s

Coverage timeline (2 newsrooms, earliest first):
- •SunStar Philippines3 DPWH-Davao officials axed amid flood control project probe
- •The Manila TimesLeadEx-DPWH engineer admits flood control kickback system predated Romualdez speakership
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