00:00Pero, hindi pa rito nagtatapos, Mr. President.
00:04Kakatayan pa ang budget para sa mga lagay, commissions, SOPs, at iba-iba pang terminong binubuo para sa shares ng mga korak.
00:17Sa mga halos magkakaparehong impormasyon na aming nakalap, ganito kagarapal ang sistema sa hatian ng isang maanumalyang proyekto.
00:278% to 10% para sa mga opisyal ng DPWH.
00:33Swerte na daw kung pumayag ang district engineer na 6% lamang ang parte niya.
00:40May ekstra 2% to 3% pa na parte ang district engineering office kung may sosobra sa contractor's profit.
00:48Nakumpute na rin kasi ng district engineering office ang tutubuin ng contractor mula sa project at sinisiguro na nila
00:57na sosobra ito sa allowable profit para mayroon pa silang kukubrahin.
01:04Ang tawag nila rito, reseta.
01:06Reseta dahil ang presyo na itinakda ng district engineering office ay nakasulat at napag-desisyonan na.
01:14Para ang gamot, Mr. President, lulunokin na lang ng contractor.
01:205.6% para sa mga miyembro ng Beach and Awards Committee or BAC.
01:270.5% to 1% para sa COA.
01:31Mr. President, meron pa ngayon tinatawag na passing through or parking fee na aabot sa katumbas na 5% to 6% ng pondo.
01:41Ito ang itinuturing na royalty, ang tawag sa lagay na ibinibigay sa politikong may kontrol sa distrito kung saan iimplementa o itatayo ang proyekto.
01:54Lo and behold, Mr. President, 20 to 25% ang karaniwang napupunta sa funder o project proponent na politiko.
02:05Mr. President, ang matitirang pondo para sa pagpapatayo ng proyekto ay napakaswerte ng umabot sa 40% o 40 milyon pesos alisunod sa ating halimbawang 100 milyong pisong pondo para sa proyekto.
02:24Mr. President, there is an evident pattern of this nasty distribution of public funds among crooks.
02:31Ito ay base sa mga case studies na aming pinuntahan at mususing inimbestigahan sa ibat-ibang dako ng bansa,
02:41particular sa isyo ng flood control.
02:44Hindi na namin sinama sa aking presentasyon ang mga naikutan at ibinunyag na ng Pangulo.
02:50Ang malinaw na malinaw.
02:54Halos pare-pareho ang pattern kung paano minamasaker ng mga kawatan ang pondo ng bayan.
03:03Nauna na po itong inuulat ng ating Pangulo noong nakarang linggo.
03:07Nambanggitin niya ang mga items na pare-pareho ang contract cost sa kabila ng pagkakaiba-iba ng specs, disenyo at haba ng proyekto.
03:18Panorin po natin ang video.
03:22Pag sinabi, may limampung proyekto, pare-pareho, 150 milyon lahat.
03:30Pare-pareho, pare-pareho lahat. Imposible yan.
03:33It is impossible for one barangay, even if they are the next barangay,
03:38to have the exact same project to the exact same amount with the exact same contractor. Imposible yan.
03:46Sa parlance po na ang nakakaalam lamang ay ang mga kasali sa gulangan sa pondo.
03:53Ito po ang tinatawag na distinct.
03:57Distinct ang mga budget items na makikita sa General Appropriations Act at awarded contracts na may pare-parehong halaga
04:05para sa magkakalapit man o magkakalayo na proyekto.
04:10Distinct dahil ayon sa aming mga informants, sa loob ng DPWH at kunumpirma ng ilang contractors,
04:17coded na budget ito para mayroong pagkakakilanlan ang mga quote-unquote may-ari ng proyekto.
04:25Para sa mga nakakaunawa, ang ibig sabihin po ay akin yan.
04:33Sa Bulacan First Engineering District na pinumumunuan na magkasunod na tinanggal sa pwesto
04:38na sinadating District Engineer Henry Alcantara at ang pumulit sa kanya na si Bryce Hernandez.
04:47Napag-alaman naming talamak ang ganitong kalakaran.
04:50Bakit? Sapagat ayon sa mga contractors at DPWH officials na nakipag-usap mismo sa akin at aking staff,
05:01ang dalawang ito ay halos pareho lang ang pagmamahal sa pera.
05:07Napabalita pa nga kamakailan na ang isa sa kanila ay nakakapagpatalo ng daang milyon sa isang kasino dito sa Metro Manila.
05:17Mr. President, sa District Engineering Office na ito, sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng dalawang nabanggit na opisyal,
05:26para sa tuong 2024, 28 proyekto ang pare-pareho ang pondo kahit magkakaiba ang specs, disenyo at haba.
05:37Distinct.
05:38Babalikan po natin, Mr. President, mamaya ang lalawigan ng Bulacan,
05:44na aming maituturing na pinaka-notorious pagdating sa anomalya ng flood control projects base sa aming mga findings.
05:54Unahin muna natin ang kaso ng questionabling flood control project sa lalawigan ng Pampanga.
06:00Four years now, the Riverbank Mitigation Project in Kandating, Arayat, has been the face of a failed flood control project.
06:12Tuwing umuulan, panay ang aray ng mga taga-arayat sa pag-apaw ng ilog na hindi mapigilan ng flood control.
06:21Mr. President, binisita ng aking mga staff ang arayat nitong nakaraang dalawang linggo lamang,
06:28na tinamaan din ng hagupit ni Emong, at nagdulot na naman ng pagguho ng ilang bahagi nito.
06:36Take note, Mr. President, katatapos lang ng panibagong repair nito noong lang Hunyo ng kasalukuyang taon, 2025.
06:45Sa itsura ng structure, tila baga hindi binibigyan pansin ng gobyerno ang kandating.
06:53Pero kung babalikan natin isang taon pa lamang ang nakakaraan, o noong Agosto 2024,
07:00may gumuho ng flood control matapos mahagupit ng monsoon.
07:05Mr. President, a review of the budget books shows that we started funding the construction,
07:13rehabilitation of slope protection along Pampanga River,
07:17kandating arayat, Pampanga, way back in 2018.
07:22Let me give a rundown.
07:23In 2018, we already spent 20 million pesos on a project for the construction,
07:32rehabilitation of slope protection along Pampanga River.
07:35kandating section, arayat.
07:38Kalaunan, nasira.
07:40Since then, it has become a cycle, Mr. President.
07:45We used the people's tax money to repair it in 2023
07:48for a contract price of 91.6 million pesos.
07:54It was repaired again by another year's tax money in 2024.
08:00This time, not once, but twice.
08:0591.8 million for phase one, and 91.4 million for phase two.
08:11Take note, 20 million pesos lang ito sa una at original construction.
08:16If the original construction cost was only 20 million pesos in 2018,
08:23why did the repair cost balloon to 350 percent or 91 million in 2023
08:31and another 183 million pesos in 2024 or an overall increase of 815 percent?
08:40Aba, at nawili na ang ponder ng Edmar Reconstruction
08:45na siyang palaging nananalong contractor sa kandating Araya at Pampanga
08:50noong 2023 at 2024.
08:54Naglagay pa ulit ng 100 million pesos ngayong taon.
08:59Buti na lang, pinigil ng Malacanang ang pag-release ng pondo.
09:03Distinct then, but in a very distinct way.
09:09As I mentioned earlier, all of these were awarded to the same mighty contractor,
09:15Edmarie Construction and Trading.
09:18In total, Edmarie bagged 274.8 billion pesos in taxpayer's money
09:25for the rehabilitation and repair of kandating
09:29na tila hindi nagsasawa sa kare-repair.
09:34Hindi lang po yan ang isyo ng Edmarie.
09:36How can this contractor, with an unusual share of controversies,
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10:00Ulit ang pag-repair,
10:01ngunit ganito pa rin ang kalagayan sa kandating Araya.
10:07Araya ko po.
10:10Mr. President,
10:11magtungo naman tayo sa Hilagan Luzon,
10:14particular sa probinsya ng La Union,
10:16kung saan matatagpuan ang bawang river basin,
10:20na kung saan matindi ang congressional insertions.
10:24Sa tulong ng mga concerned groups and individuals,
10:28naapansin namin ang bilang ng flood control projects
10:31na bagamat wala sa National Expenditure Program noong 2024,
10:36ay biglang tumubong parang kabute
10:38sa General Appropriations Act ng nakaraang taon.
10:42Halimbawa,
10:44ang construction of flood control structure
10:46along bawang river basin,
10:49dalawang items lamang
10:50na may tig-50 million pesos
10:52ang nakalaan sa bahagi ng Naguilian.
10:56Samantalang,
10:57ang bayan ng bawang
10:58ay wala pong proyekto
11:00sa National Expenditure Program.
11:03Abracadabra,
11:05sa naipasang
11:062024
11:07General Appropriations Act,
11:09nagkaroon ng sampung items
11:12na nahahati
11:13mula Package 1
11:15hanggang Package 10
11:16na may tig-98 million pesos
11:20ang biglang umusbong
11:21para sa Naguilian.
11:23Sa kabuuan,
11:25ang sampung packages na ito
11:27ay umabot
11:28sa P967.4 million pesos,
11:33halos isang bilyong piso
11:34kumpara sa dalawang
11:36tig-50 million labang
11:37sa 2024 NEP.
11:40Sa bawang naman,
11:42pitong packages
11:43ang lumitaw
11:43na may magkakaparehong halaga,
11:4789 million pesos each.
11:49Sa kabuuan,
11:51ito ay nagkakahalaga
11:53ng 623 million pesos
11:56mula zero.
11:58Zero budget
11:59sa NEP
12:00ng 2024.
12:01Sa aming masinsing pagkalkal,
12:05ay natuklasan naming
12:06iisang kontraktor
12:08ang naawordan
12:09ng lahat
12:10ng packages na ito,
12:12ang Silver Wolves
12:13Construction Corporation.
12:16Distinct pa rin,
12:17distinguished colleagues.
12:19Ito ang nabanggit kong
12:21pork barrel insertions
12:22kanina,
12:23Mr. President.
12:24Meron pang mas matinding
12:25congressional insertions
12:27ipapakita ko sa inyo.
12:28Baco at Nauhan,
12:30Oriental Mindoro.
12:32Aguila
12:32congressional insertions.
12:36Mr. President,
12:37when flood control projects
12:38failed to stand
12:39against the tides,
12:41we are compelled
12:42to question
12:42the feasibility
12:44of the project
12:44and the technical
12:46capacity
12:47of the contractor.
12:48but what if
12:51an elected congressman
12:52or a political group
12:53claims ownership
12:54of the project?
12:56Is it not both
12:57proper
12:58and necessary
12:59to scrutinize
13:00their motivations
13:01and examine
13:02the extent
13:03of their involvement
13:04and perhaps
13:05to hold them
13:07responsible?
13:07This explains
13:09the logic
13:10why I am
13:12insisting
13:12to make transparent
13:14the identities
13:15of the proponents
13:16of the insertions
13:17from the House gab,
13:19Senate version,
13:20and all the way
13:22to the bicam.
13:23If they claim
13:24something as theirs,
13:25should they not also
13:26be accountable
13:27for its failures?
13:29Mr. President,
13:30I raise the question
13:31because of the evident
13:33congressional banners
13:34we observe
13:35alongside many projects
13:36in Nauhan
13:37and Baco,
13:39both in Oriental Mindoro.
13:42Bilang halimbawa,
13:43in Barangay Burbuli,
13:45Baco, Oriental Mindoro,
13:47one banner reads,
13:50congressional project,
13:52construction of
13:53flood control structure
13:54along Barangay Burbuli,
13:56Alag River,
13:57Baco, Oriental Mindoro,
13:59Aguila,
14:00aksyon,
14:01gobyerno,
14:02at inisiyatibo
14:03sa larangang
14:04legislatura.
14:06This project,
14:08awarded to
14:08Silver Wolves
14:09Construction Corporation
14:11again,
14:12is worth
14:1395 million pesos.
14:15It is an ongoing project
14:17to be completed
14:18in December 2025.
14:21This project
14:22is so important
14:23that it can turn stones
14:25and get funding approval
14:26under the
14:28unprogrammed appropriations
14:30of the 2024
14:31of the 2024
14:32national budget.
14:35This
14:35prides us to dig deeper
14:37into the web
14:37and,
14:39as they say,
14:40social media
14:41is a great resource
14:42of evidence,
14:44which lawyers
14:45fondly call
14:46testimony
14:47against
14:48self-interest.
14:50In one Facebook post,
14:52we discovered
14:53a congressional
14:54representative
14:54showcasing his
14:56mid-term
14:56accomplishment report,
14:58covering the period
14:59from June 30,
15:002022
15:01to December 31,
15:032023.
15:05He openly
15:06lists projects,
15:08hold your breath,
15:10funded by
15:11his office.
15:13I repeat,
15:14funded by
15:15his office,
15:17including flood control
15:18and river protection
15:20initiatives.
15:20From Aguilas,
15:23Baco,
15:23let us travel
15:24to Aguilas,
15:25Nauhan,
15:26also in
15:27Oriental,
15:28Mindoro.
15:29Mr. President,
15:30Nauhan is among
15:31the beneficiaries
15:32of 3.6 billion
15:34pesos worth
15:34of projects,
15:36while Baco
15:36proudly lists
15:38807 million,
15:40all of which
15:41is attributed
15:41to and
15:43on up
15:43by the office
15:44of the congressman.
15:47Hindi lamang po
15:48itong maswerteng
15:48na ponduhan,
15:49isa pa sa pinagmamalaki
15:51na mapag-angking
15:52congressman
15:53ay ang flood control
15:54structure
15:55sa Butas River
15:57upstream,
15:58Barangay San Jose,
15:59Nauhan,
16:00Oriental,
16:01Mindoro.
16:02We took time
16:03to visit the project,
16:04Mr. President,
16:05which he referred to
16:06as a national
16:07project
16:08through
16:09congressional
16:10allocation.
16:12The project
16:12was awarded
16:13to Rayman
16:14Builders
16:15for 231
16:17million pesos
16:18at tinugot
16:19pa rin ito
16:20sa unprogrammed
16:22funds.
16:22Dalawang projects
16:23na po ito
16:24ng Agila
16:24na natukla
16:25sa naming
16:26mula sa
16:27unprogrammed
16:27funds,
16:28isa sa
16:29barangay
16:29Burbuli
16:30at isa
16:31sa barangay
16:32San Jose.
16:33Sa tagol ko
16:34na rin pong
16:35nagbubusisi
16:35ng pambasang
16:36budget,
16:37ang pagkakaalam
16:38ko po,
16:39masalimuot
16:40ang proseso
16:41ng paggamit
16:42ng unprogrammed
16:43appropriations
16:44under
16:45the
16:45Special
16:46Purpose
16:47Fund
16:47para
16:48mag-augment
16:49sa ilang
16:50items
16:50under
16:51the
16:51regular
16:52budget.
16:54Hindi po
16:54madaling
16:54ma-access
16:55ito.
16:56Dapat
16:56A,
16:58may excess
16:59revenue
16:59collections
17:00or B,
17:01new
17:02revenue
17:02collections
17:03or C,
17:04those arising
17:05from new
17:06tax or
17:06non-tax
17:07sources
17:08or D,
17:09approved
17:10loans
17:10para sa
17:11foreign
17:12assisted
17:12projects.
17:13Mahaba
17:14din
17:14ang
17:14requirements
17:15dito,
17:16Mr.
17:16President.
17:17So,
17:18ano kaya
17:19ang taglay
17:20na agimat
17:20ni Congressman?
17:22What gives,
17:23Mr.
17:23President,
17:24kung saan
17:25may multimillion
17:26projects,
17:27dumadapo
17:28ang agila,
17:30pero lubog pa rin
17:31sa baha
17:32ang nadadapuan
17:33ng agila.
17:36Isa lamang po
17:37ito sa napakaraming
17:38banners at social
17:39media posts
17:39ng congressional
17:41insertions
17:41ng mga
17:42politiko
17:43na naglipana
17:44sa ibat-ibang
17:45bahagi
17:46ng bansa.
17:48Mr.
17:48President,
17:50ituloy na po
17:50natin
17:51ang diskusyon
17:51tungkol sa
17:52aming mga
17:52observasyon
17:53sa lalawigan
17:54ng Oriental
17:55Mindoro.
17:57Without
17:57taking anything
17:58away from
17:59the good
17:59but suffering
18:00people of
18:01this province
18:01on the
18:02legitimacy
18:02of their
18:03needs
18:03due to
18:04its high
18:05flood
18:05susceptibility,
18:07I want
18:08to speak
18:08of the
18:09billions
18:09of appropriations
18:11for flood
18:11control projects
18:12poured into
18:13this province
18:14in Luzon's
18:15eastern flank.
18:17Mr.
18:17President,
18:18when someone
18:19gets the
18:20largest share
18:21of the pie,
18:22we naturally
18:23ask why,
18:24especially if
18:26such a price
18:27comes from
18:28the taxpayer's
18:29tab.
18:30In Oriental
18:30Mindoro,
18:31for example,
18:32we wonder
18:33why among
18:34its 14
18:35municipalities,
18:36one town
18:37tops the
18:38bill.
18:39Sa pagsalon
18:39ng buhus
18:40ng pondo,
18:41nauna
18:41ang
18:42Nauhan.
18:43Nauhan Oriental
18:45Mindoro
18:45received a
18:46sweeping
18:4655%
18:48of the
18:48province's
18:492025
18:50flood
18:51control
18:51budget.
18:53Katumbas
18:53ito ng
18:5410
18:54bilyong
18:55piso
18:55para sa
18:56flood
18:57control
18:57projects
18:57ng bayan
18:58ng
18:59Nauhan
19:00Palamang.
19:01Fair
19:01enough.
19:02Giving
19:03the
19:03coastal
19:03topography
19:04of the
19:05municipality,
19:06which
19:07includes
19:07its lowland
19:08plains
19:08and
19:09extensive
19:09river
19:10systems
19:10such as
19:11Mag-asawang
19:12tubig
19:13na
19:13Uhan
19:13and its
19:14people
19:15badly
19:16need
19:17blood
19:17control
19:18interventions.
19:19However,
19:20the magnitude
19:21of its
19:21budget
19:22allocation
19:22in the
19:23last
19:23three
19:23years
19:23alone,
19:24amounting
19:25to
19:25approximately
19:2619
19:27billion
19:28pesos
19:29and nearly
19:30doubling
19:30each
19:30year,
19:31raises
19:31concerns
19:32regarding
19:33Nauhan's
19:34furious
19:35case.
19:36Even
19:37before
19:37the
19:37provincial
19:38governor
19:38of Oriental
19:39Mindoro
19:39blew the
19:40whistle,
19:41so to
19:41speak,
19:41on what
19:42he alleged
19:42as
19:43anomalous
19:43flood
19:44control
19:44projects,
19:45we had
19:46already
19:46done
19:46done.
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