Police start investigating flood control projects in Bacolod City after a citizens’ group raised concerns about six contracts worth more than P573 million — one of which collapsed during a recent severe tropical storm.
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00:00Police start investigating flood control projects in Bacolod City after a citizens' group raised concerns about six contracts worth more than P573 million, one of which collapsed during a recent severe tropical storm.
00:15The Bacolod City Police says it is reviewing 39 flood control projects built since 2022.
00:21City Police Director Col. Joe Resti Coronica tells Rappler his office's findings will go directly to PNP Chief General Jose Melencio Nartates Jr.'s office and are separate from the probe by the Bacolod-based Citizens Group Council of Concerned Citizens or C3.
00:37C3 says a part of a P96.5 million flood wall along the Lupit River in Barangay 40 collapsed during the heavy rains brought by severe tropical storm Opong.
00:47The project was completed just 19 months ago by Legacy Construction Corporation in a joint venture with MKU Construction and Supply.
00:55Based on a Rappler report, Legacy, one of the country's top flood control contractors, is owned by the Abelido family of Pasig.
01:02Bacolod Mayor Greg Gazataya asks the Department of Public Works and Highways to explain the collapse.
01:08DPWH Bacolod District Acting Head Engineer Lea Jamero has yet to respond to requests for comment.
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