State auditors find two infrastructure projects by E. Gardiola Construction to be overpriced and substandard. E. Gardiola is a firm registered under the name of the brother of Construction Workers Solidarity Party-list Representative Edwin Gardiola.
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00:01State auditors find two infrastructure projects by eGuardiola Construction to be overpriced and substandard.
00:08eGuardiola is a firm registered under the name of the brother of construction worker Solidarity Partilist Representative Edwin Guardiola.
00:16The Commission on Audit affirms its two earlier decisions to disallow payments to the company
00:21and that the DPWH Davao City officials who authorized those payments should be held liable.
00:26This involves the company's work in two overpriced road rehabilitation projects in the city which were awarded in 2009.
00:34COA Region 11 Special Audit Team notes the contractor violated the DPWH's planning standards when it failed to indicate measurements and landmarks in the plans.
00:44The COA on Bank orders the audit reports to be submitted to the Ombudsman to determine possible criminal charges against those involved.
00:51Congressman Edwin Guardiola himself is being investigated by the Ombudsman for anomalous DPWH contracts.
00:58contaminant the State auditors, they were prepared for the Ombudsman for a long-term contract.
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