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00:00Ipirasabina sa Senado ang mga contractor ng mga flood control project na hindi dumalo sa pagdinig.
00:06Kasama rito ang contractor ng sinasabing ghost project na iniimbisigahan ng DPWH sa Bulacan.
00:12Saksi, si Mav Gonzalez.
00:17My office received reports that there are ghost projects in the municipalities of Kalumpit, Malolos, and Hagonoy in the province of Bulacan.
00:26Can you confirm this?
00:28Yes, Your Honor.
00:30That's true.
00:31Well, this is the information that we have received, Your Honor.
00:34Mismong Department of Public Works and Highways na ang nagkumpirma, may mga hinihinalang ghost project particular sa First Engineering District ng Bulacan.
00:42And the contractor allegedly, Wawao Builders. Correct?
00:50That's correct, Your Honor.
00:51Ayon sa DPWH, 9 billion pesos ang kontrata ng Wawao Builders sa buong bansa.
00:56Sa Bulacan pa lang, 85 proyektong nagkakahalaga ng 5.91 billion pesos na ang hawak nito mula 2022 hanggang 2025.
01:07Iniimbisigahan na raw ito ng DPWH.
01:08Pero ni-relieve na ang buong District Engineering Office.
01:12Was there a senator or a congressman who inserted that for that particular area?
01:18Well, we'll just have to find out, Your Honor.
01:21Walang dumalo mula sa Wawao Builders sa pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
01:25Dahil dito, ipinasabina ang Wawao Builders at pito pang kontraktor sa flood control projects na hindi dumalo sa pagdinig.
01:32Kasama riyan ang Alpha and Omega General Contractor and Development Corporation,
01:36St. Timothy Construction Corporation,
01:39Top-Notch Catalyst Builders,
01:40Sunwest Incorporated,
01:42LRT Key Builders Incorporated,
01:44High Tone Construction and Development Corporation,
01:47at Royal Crown Monarch Construction and Supplies Corporation.
01:49I recommend to our Senate President Pro Tempore
01:55to subpoena the owners of the corporations,
01:59not merely representatives.
02:02Kasi nasubukan na natin dito yan, pag representatives,
02:06wala hong isasagot ho yan.
02:07Si Sen. Wynn Gatchalian isiniwala at may mga kontraktor
02:11na nakakuha ng bilyong-bilyong pisong halaga ng flood control projects
02:15kahit pang mababa ang kanilang kapital.
02:17Ang MG Samidan Corporation halimbawa,
02:20250,000 pesos lang ang paid-up capital,
02:23pero mahigit 5 bilyong piso ang kontrata sa gobyerno.
02:26Ang QM Builders naman,
02:271.25 million pesos ang paid-up capital,
02:31pero mahigit 7 billion pesos ang nakuhang kontrata.
02:34QM Builders,
02:35ang kanyang contract is 7.3 billion,
02:39pero ang kanyang capitalization is 1.2 million.
02:42So ang punto ko ho,
02:44meron ho talagang mga tao na linalaro po yung pre-qualification stage.
02:51Sagot ng may-ari ng QM Builders,
02:53dalawa ang kumpanya nila.
02:55Isang hardware store at isang construction na pareho ang pangalan.
02:58Siguro raw,
02:59para sa hardware store ang nakuhang financial statements ng Senador.
03:02Ang sinasabi niyo,
03:03meron siyang 40 billion pesos.
03:05Yung NFCC,
03:06kinukumpiut ng times 15 yun,
03:08Mr. Che.
03:09Halimbawa,
03:09may 1 billion ka sa bangko.
03:13Pwede ka sa 15 billion.
03:15Kaya kami mong kontrata hanggang 40 billion.
03:18Pero uminit ang ulo ni Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Sen. Rodante Marculeta
03:22nang sabihin ng QM Builders na wala pa silang nagawang proyekto sa gobyerno.
03:26Hindi ka pa nakagawa ng project?
03:28Hindi pa.
03:29Kasi yung nag-asawa ko ng 1991,
03:32nagubisa kami sa hardware.
03:33Yung maliit na hardware,
03:34nag-tintal ng bambo,
03:36mag-ano'n eh.
03:37Bakit nasama ka sa 15 contractors
03:40sa listahan ng Pangulo?
03:42Gumawa na tayo ng private contract.
03:45O ngayon, gumawa ka na naman.
03:46Ano ba talaga yung totoo?
03:51Baka hindi ka makauwi sa araw na ito.
03:54Nagsisinungaling ka na naman eh.
03:55Kanina sinabi mo,
03:56hindi ka pa nakapagumpisa eh.
03:59Meron akong hawak na martilyo rito,
04:01sinasabi ko sa'yo.
04:03Mr. Chair.
04:03Huwag kang tatawa-tawa
04:05kasi hindi nakakatawa ito ah.
04:08Mr. Chair, man.
04:08Dito lang nagsisinungaling ka na eh.
04:10Sa huli,
04:11pinasumiti na lang ng komite
04:12ang financial statements ng kumpanya.
04:14Pag-amin ni DPWH Secretary Manny Bonoan
04:17sa pagdinig kanina,
04:18may ghost project sa nakaraang dalawang taon.
04:20Kung nakalagay doon completed tapos ghost,
04:24eh di lahat nung nag-report hanggang doon sa USEC.
04:26I'm not saying involved yung USEC.
04:28Kasi nire-report lang sa kanila.
04:30Pero lahat ng bumaba,
04:32eh involved sila.
04:33Kasi bakit sila magre-report na completed kung wala?
04:35Meron po yung Quality Assurance Unit
04:37in all levels, Your Honor.
04:38Meron sa District Office,
04:40meron din sa Regional Office,
04:41and meron din sa National Level, Your Honor.
04:44Winest yun din sa pagdinig
04:46ang kawalan ng koordinasyon ng DPWH
04:48sa River Basin Control Office o RBCO
04:51para sa pag-develop ng master plan
04:53sa flood control projects.
04:55Unfortunately, Your Honor,
04:57I think this is one of the challenges
04:59that we have to face.
05:00I admit, Mr. Chairman,
05:03that we have not had any
05:05significant coordination
05:07at this point in time.
05:09We started from the wrong foot.
05:11Kumbaga,
05:11yung palang pinaka-susi
05:16ng lahat ng ito.
05:17Gawa na kayo ng gawa ng project,
05:19DPWH.
05:20DBM,
05:23bigay na kayo ng bigay ng kundo.
05:26Pero yung
05:26yung opisina na mayroong pananagutan
05:30na pag-i-integrate,
05:35i-connect na lahat ng inyong
05:36ginagawang flood control.
05:38Natutulog pala.
05:39Hindi pala nyo kinukonsultan.
05:40Hindi pala kayo magkakakilala.
05:42Sabi pa ni Bunuan,
05:43wala raw feasibility studies
05:45ang flood control projects.
05:46Ang meron lang ay project impact analysis.
05:48Pinapareallocate ni Sen. Bam Aquino
05:51ang 243 billion pesos na pondo
05:54para sa flood control
05:55sa 2026 national budget
05:57papunta sa mga munisipyong tukoy
05:58na madalas bahain.
06:00Pagating po sa flooding,
06:01yung mga lugar na may flooding talaga,
06:04I would guess,
06:04meron po kayong expertise
06:06kung saan talaga yung totoong flooding
06:08sa Pilipinas.
06:08Magsabit tayo,
06:10yung talagang totoong flood control.
06:12Yung talagang flood control budget
06:14na talagang swak talaga
06:16sa pangailangan ng tao.
06:17Iginiit naman ni Sen. Migsubi
06:18na walang magagawa
06:20ang public works
06:21at budget departments
06:22kung magpasok
06:23ng kung ano-anong proyekto
06:24ang mga mambabatas
06:25at may sa batas
06:26ang national budget.
06:27Paglabas po ng budget,
06:29iba nang itsura ng budget,
06:31eh wala na po silang magagawa
06:32dahil batas po yan.
06:33Kailangan po nalang
06:34implement yun.
06:35That's the elephant in the room.
06:37Where are the sources
06:38of these funds?
06:39And let's expose it.
06:40Para sa GMA Integrated News,
06:42ako si Mav Gonzalez,
06:43ang inyong saksi.
06:45Mga kapuso,
06:46maging una sa saksi.
06:48Mag-subscribe sa GMA Integrated News
06:50sa YouTube
06:50para sa ibat-ibang balita.
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