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Bibigyan na ng proteksyon sa ilalim ng witness protection program si dating DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo kasunod ng pagpangalan niya sa ilang kasalukuyan at dating mambabatas na nangomisyon umano sa flood control projects.
Hindi naman humingi ng proteksyon ang ipinrisintang dating security aide umano ni Congressman Zaldy Co, na nagsabing nagdadala siya ng pera sa bahay ni co at ni dating house speaker Martin Romualdez.
May report si Sandra Aguinaldo.


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00:00To be continued...
00:30Sa dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez. May report si Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:35Taus puso at puno ng pagsisisi na ako po ay humihingi ng kapatawaran.
00:42Nakagawa po ako ng pagkakamali at pinahintulutan ko po ang aking sarili na maging kasangkapan sa pagpapatupad ng isang masamang gawain.
00:51Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, humarap si dating DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo sa Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
01:00Umamin siya na sangkot sa pagtanggap ng kickback sa mga flood control projects sa baylahad ng iba pang personalidad sa anomalya.
01:08Sa kanyang sworn affidavit, taong 2024 nang kausapin daw siya ni DepEd Undersecretary Tri-Give Olayvar
01:14para umano sa unprogrammed funds na para sa Office of the Executive Secretary.
01:20Dahil dito, inatasan niya si dating Bulacan District Engineer, Henry Alcantara,
01:25na magsumite ng listahan ng mga proyekto na nagkakahalaga ng 2.8 billion pesos.
01:30Yusek Olayvar personally called me for a meeting to discuss about unprogrammed appropriations
01:36supposedly for the Office of the Executive Secretary.
01:40In the said meeting, he requested me to submit a list of projects.
01:44Yusek Olayvar told me that the commitment is 15% in his words, boss Kinsian.
01:51Thereafter, the DPW has received a special allotment release order for 2.85 billion for the projects.
02:00Mismong si Bernardo rin daw ang nag-deliver ng pera kay Olayvar.
02:04Pinabulaanan ito ni Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
02:08Git niya walang kinalaman ng kanyang opisina sa kahit anong budgetary allocations sa DPWH
02:13at walaro siyang kahit anong transaksyon kina Bernardo o kay Olayvar.
02:19Itinanggi rin ni Olayvar ang mga bintang.
02:21Bukas daw siya sa anumang investigasyon.
02:24Para raw magkaroon ng patas na investigasyon,
02:27kusa siyang mag-leave of absence sa kanyang posisyon sa DepEd.
02:30Sabi ni Bernardo, dating staff ng mga Senador si Olayvar.
02:34Kabilang si dating Senador Bong Revilla na tumanggap din umano ng kickback.
02:39Senador Revilla asked for a commitment which I suggested.
02:42Then he approved at 25% of the total amount of the project.
02:45I relayed the 25% commitment to Ejirio Acantara
02:49and told him that Senador Revilla will appreciate additional contributions for his senatorial re-election bid.
02:56Engineer Alcantara collected the 25% commitment or about 125 million
03:01which was turned over to me and then delivered to Senador Revilla in his house in Cavite.
03:06Sa isang payag, kinundina ng kampo ni Revilla ang mga aligasyon na pawang walang katotohanan raw.
03:13Bukas at handa raw siya makipagtulungan sa kahit anong official inquiry
03:17o legal na proseso para lumabas ang katotohanan.
03:20I-dinawid din ni Bernardo si dating Senador at ngayon yung Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay.
03:26Isang nagpakilalang staff daw ni Binay na si Carlin Villia
03:30ang tumawag kay Bernardo at humingi ng 15% sa mga proyekto.
03:35I relayed the 15% commitment to Engineer Alcantara.
03:39Engineer Alcantara collected 15% commitment or about 37 million
03:44which was turned over to me and which I then delivered to Senador Binay at a house in Quezon City.
03:50Sa isang Facebook post, pinabolana ni Binay ang mga bintang sa kanya.
03:55Nakagugulat daw na nagagamit siya para ipanglihis saan niya ang mga tunay na kailangang panagutin sa isyo.
04:02I-dinawid din ni Bernardo si Senador Cheese Escudero.
04:06Noong August 2022 habang nasa confirmation hearing
04:09ni dating DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, pinatawag umano siya ni Escudero sa opisina nito.
04:16When I got there, he told me, hindi na ako bababa sa CA.
04:21Marami pa akong kulang na streetlights sa Sorsogon.
04:24Ano ba magagawa niyo para sa akin?
04:27I relayed to Secretary Bonoan what Senador Cheese told me.
04:31Subsequently, I received from the brother-in-law of Senador Cheese Escudero
04:36a list of projects which included the aforesaid streetlights project.
04:40He asked me to confirm if that streetlights project was the one for Senador Cheese, which I did.
04:46Muli raw silang nag-usap ni Escudero noong 2023
04:49sa papangmagitan ng negosyante at common friend nilang si Maynard Ngu.
04:54Base sa statement of contributions and expenditures ni Escudero,
04:58isa si Ngu sa kanyang campaign donors
05:00at nagbigay ng 30 million pesos noong 2022 elections.
05:04While we were drinking wine, he told me,
05:08alam ko naman ang galawan niyo dyan sa DPWH.
05:11Okay naman ako, sabihin mo kay Esc, magbaba sa akin.
05:14Ayon pa kay Bernardo, hiningan siya ni Ngunang listahan
05:18ng mga proyekto na kalaunay na ipasok sa 2025 national budget.
05:22When I gave him the list and in relation to the commitment,
05:26I asked him,
05:27Boss, paano to?
05:29Maynard replied,
05:31Bahala ka na.
05:31I asked,
05:34Boss, okay na ba ang 20%?
05:37Maynard said, okay.
05:39After inclusion of the projects in Daga'a,
05:43I delivered 20% of approximately 800 million,
05:47or about 160 million,
05:48to Maynard Ngu,
05:50which was meant for Senator Escudero.
05:52The delivery of the 160 million for Senator Escudero happened sometime in the first quarter of 2025.
05:59Around July 2025,
06:01I had a chance encounter with Senator Escudero and Maynard Ngu at the court.
06:05Senator Escudero approached me,
06:08shook my hand,
06:09and said to me,
06:10thank you.
06:10Sa isang pahayag,
06:12maring itinanggi ni Escudero ang mga paratang.
06:15Patutunayan daw niyang nagsisinungaling si Bernardo.
06:18Hinala ni Escudero,
06:19isa itong plano para sirain ang kredibilidad ng Senado
06:22at ilihis ang atensyon ng publiko sa mga totoong may sala.
06:26Tanong niya,
06:27nasaan daw si Rep. Zaldico
06:30at Rep. at dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez?
06:34Inilahad din ni Bernardo na may transaksyon sila ni Co.
06:37Tinanong daw siya ni Co kung maayos kausap si Engineer Alcantara,
06:41bagay na sinagot ni Bernardo na oo.
06:44Engineer Alcantara then told me
06:46that Kong Zaldico was asking for a 25% commission
06:50and out of that amount,
06:522% was to be shared equally
06:54between Engineer Alcantara and myself.
06:57In his exact words,
06:59Boss, hati na tayo sa 2%.
07:01Furthermore,
07:04Engineer Alcantara would tell me every time
07:06that he made deliveries of cash to Kong Rasmus Zaldico
07:09in compliance with his commitment.
07:11Nagpa-refer din daw kay Bernardo
07:13si Commission on Audit Commissioner Mario Lipana
07:16kay Alcantara.
07:18Naka-medical leave ngayon si Lipana
07:19at nagpapagamot daw sa ibang bansa
07:21ayon sa COA.
07:23Matapos basayan ng kanyang affidavit,
07:25dinala si Bernardo sa Department of Justice.
07:28Sabi ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Rimulia,
07:31provisionally accepted na si Bernardo
07:33sa Witness Protection Program.
07:35Binigyan siya ng proteksyon ng DOJ
07:37pero posible pa rin sampahan ng kaso.
07:40We have to be very careful
07:41because once you give the person
07:45the status of a state witness,
07:47then you discharge them
07:48from criminal and civil liability.
07:51Samantala,
07:52isang nagpakilalang dating security detail
07:55ni Congressman Coe
07:56ang iniharap ni Sen. Rodante Marcoleta
07:58sa pagdinig.
07:59Sabi ni Orly Regalagutesa,
08:02naghatid siya ng pera sa bahay ni Coe
08:04at dating House Speaker Representative
08:05Martin Romualdez.
08:07Ang tawag nila sa e-deliver na pera,
08:10basura.
08:11Humigit kumulang,
08:12tatlong bisis ako mismo
08:13ang nag-deliver ng basura
08:15sa bahay ni Congressman Saldico
08:17sa mga bahay ni Speaker Romualdez.
08:24Tagig.
08:26May pagkakataon daw na isang
08:28kongresista ang mismong
08:29nagdala ng pera sa bahay ni Coe
08:31sa Pasig.
08:32Ang isang ihemplo
08:33na nagdala ng pera
08:35ay si Congressman Eric Yap
08:36ng Act CIS Partilist.
08:40Apatnapot-anim
08:41na malita
08:42ang dala niya
08:43sa bahay ni
08:45Congressman Saldico.
08:46Hindi malinaw sa salaysay ni Cutesa
08:48kung saan galing ang perang
08:49dinala ni Yap
08:50sa bahay ni Coe.
08:52Maring itinanggi ni Yap
08:53ang aligasyon.
08:54Hindi umano siya tumanggap
08:55o kaya ay nag-authorize
08:57ng paghatid ng pera
08:58kaugnay ng flood control projects.
09:00Pumarap din sa komite
09:01ang dalawang driver
09:02ng DPWH Bulacan
09:04na nagsabing
09:05naghahatid din sila
09:06ng mga malita
09:06para kay Coe.
09:07Totoo po ba
09:08na kayo po
09:09nag-deliver po
09:11ng pera
09:11doon po sa bahay
09:12ni
09:13or sa kondo
09:15ni Congressman Saldico?
09:16Your Honor
09:17bali ako po
09:18isang beses lang po
09:19ako nakapag-deliver.
09:20Gano karami po yun
09:22kung inyo po natatanda
09:23ilang malita
09:23ilang sako
09:24yung deliver po
09:25ninyong pera?
09:27Your Honor
09:28sa pagkakatanda ako po
09:30mga nasa
09:326 to 8
09:33na malita po.
09:34Pero alam po ninyo
09:35na pera po
09:35laman ng malita po na yun?
09:37Hindi po
09:38kinonfirm na pera
09:39so wala po kaming idea.
09:40Tinawag ni Romualdez
09:41na gawagawa lang
09:42ang testimonya
09:43ni Guteza.
09:44Sabi niya
09:45pilit na pilit daw
09:46ang pag-uugnay sa kanya
09:47sa mga sinasabing kickback.
09:49Imposible daw
09:50ang sinasabi ni Guteza
09:51dahil ang tinukoy nitong
09:52pinagdalhan umano
09:53ng delivery
09:54noong December 2024
09:56halos isang taon
09:57na noong
09:58bakante
09:59dahil
09:59nire-renovate.
10:01Dati nang itinanggi ni Kuna
10:02sangkot siya
10:03sa pangungumisyon
10:04sa flood control projects.
10:07Sandra Aguinaldo
10:08nagbabalita
10:08para sa
10:09GMA Integrated News.
10:11GMA Integrated News.
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