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."
Estrada, Villanueva tagged in flood control mess, 'SOP was 30%', This news data comes from:http://www.xs888999.com
"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.
Sotto has granted the request of the House for Hernandez to attend its public hearing, recognizing the principle of inter-parliamentary courtesy.
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.
- Robinsons to build 9-story office building in Davao City
- Petitioners challenge claim NAIA fees lowest in Southeast Asia
- Guyana votes amid oil boom, Venezuela tensions
- Iran and nuclear watchdog sign agreement seeking path to restart cooperation
- Ukraine's children start new school year in underground classrooms to avoid Russian bombs
- Marcos to mark ‘Thrilla In Manila’ 50th anniversary
- Afghan quake death toll surges to over 2,200
- Indonesia protests put spotlight on paramilitary police force
- 15 people hospitalized after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station
- One in four people lack access to safe drinking water – UN
