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Complaints involving eight alleged “ghost” farm-to-market road (FMR) projects in Davao Occidental worth around P94 million were filed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) before the Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday, May 21, against Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials and private contractors. (via Jel Santos | MB)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/05/21/dpwh-officials-contractors-face-raps-over-alleged-p94-m-ghost-farm-to-market-roads-in-davao-occidental

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00:03We gave them a deadline to reply actually a few days ago.
00:08We gave them a deadline to reply actually a few days ago.
00:23Can we make a difference between the DPWH measures and the contractor?
00:30That is the general theory.
00:35When I look at the case, it's clear that the document that we saw is fake because there is no
00:48project.
00:51In principle, in theory, it's not possible.
00:56How can you illustrate the relationship?
00:58Kaya, may contrata.
01:01The contract is not supposed to be done.
01:05Then you can take the project, the documentation, the documentation, but it's not possible.
01:12It takes two to tango, minimum two to tango.
01:14So, supposedly, ma naman 2021 pa natapos tong proyento?
01:19Sa 2021 funded projects, siguro pwede siya matapos ng 2021 or 2022.
01:26Palipod pa sa Davao, may mga napag-review na kanina sa Bicol.
01:31Meron pa ba sa ipang lugar na may mga kanyang klase ng pag-ayari na hindi basic?
01:38Sa ngayon, sa ngayon, ang kailangan namin i-review is about 4,500 sites.
01:48Sa 1,241 pa lang kami kasi ang lalayo at saka manpower sa amlastos.
01:56So, tunoy-tunoy naman tayo.
01:58Sa 1,241 na nakita na natin, which is about 25% na, yun na nga, 16 na nakita.
02:08Sir, pag pa naman ng farm to market, in terms of practice, pinapakailaman pa ba yan ng mga kong?
02:15I'm not sure, but everybody has a request, no?
02:18To request a farm to market, it can be a kong, it can be the DA, it can be mayor,
02:24it can be a barangay captain, it can be a kong, no?
02:28Or the farmer itself, or the fisherman.
02:30But with these cases that your pad, walang involved na kung?
02:33Hindi ko alam.
02:34Wala, wala yun.
02:35We're just following the paper trail, no?
02:38So, right now, we can say walang pong...
02:39Kung walang, kung walang, wala mga paper trail na ko yung nakikita na may involved na politiko so far, no?
02:46So...
02:46There's a category, I believe we can say, since your pad and law, na-complete, walang, hindi kayo na-complete.
02:50Walang respondent, sir, na lawmaker, na-complete.
02:54Walang politiko respondent.
02:55So, there's no...
02:57I mean, just following the money thing.
03:00Pero kung ito ay di-request lalo sa lawmakers, a politician, pwede bang magamit yun if you have the record
03:08sa secretari?
03:10I don't...
03:11I don't really know, no?
03:14Well, if there's evidence na meron ng gano'n, then yes, maybe.
03:18But I'm not really a lawyer, we have to ask...
03:22Well, if we do find na may ganitong link, then we'll have a legal run through on that para malaman
03:29kung ano ba yun.
03:30Check sa affidavit ba may prayer tayo na isuspend muna yung mga officials?
03:35Walang going yun.
03:43Masabi sa akin na aking legalist,
03:45at kaya rin isa mo din nakakulong.
03:47Nakakulong?
03:48Nakakulong.
03:48So, involved na sa flood court?
03:51Iba suspended din.
03:53Check yung negative effect na lang dun sa mga stakeholders,
03:56especially the farmers,
03:57dahil nga dun sa hindi pagkakuloy ng project rin.
03:59Ayun, ano pong mga tao mismo sa Dango Occidental,
04:03na mga nasa't yung mga farmers,
04:04parang sabi lang,
04:06kung hindi na ba pumunta kayo, nakita nyo to.
04:08Kasi ang takal na namin hinihita ito.
04:10Matagal na nila hinihita yung farm to market na yun.
04:13Matagal na lang pangako sa kanila,
04:14matagal na lang alam nila nga napondohan,
04:18pero never dumating.
04:19At ang request kayo lang,
04:21kung pwede palitan namin,
04:24parang magamig nila at makakatulong talaga ito sa cost nila,
04:29ang logistics ng mga produkto nila.
04:33Pati yung ginhawal,
04:34yung oras.
04:35Ang oras hoy, hindi natin mapapalitan,
04:37yung magbiyahe.
04:39Instead of isang oras,
04:43ito kung may farm to market na maka 15 minutes na lang.
04:46Sa fmr wars,
04:48may mga bagong complains?
04:51So far wala pa naman,
04:52kasi hindi pa kami nakakapagpulisan ng fmr.
04:56Ngayon,
04:57for this year,
04:58darating nga aming...
05:00Sorry.
05:01Wait lang po.
05:02Ang secretary,
05:04pakikwento ko,
05:05bakit nandito po kayo sa office of the office man?
05:08Nandito ko ngayon araw,
05:10para nagpapalang ng cases
05:12sa mga
05:14dpwh,
05:15tsaka yung mga contractor ng farm to market roads,
05:18na nakita namin na
05:20walang ano,
05:22na nawawala.
05:23O kaya,
05:23most farm to fmr.
05:24So,
05:25total of 8 cases na pinayon today,
05:28at
05:30maybe 7 more kami,
05:32at most,
05:33halos 8 to to ay sa
05:36puro tabo occidental.
05:37At
05:39sa kanil,
05:40ilan po yung mga
05:41current officials
05:42o former
05:43dpwh officials?
05:45Ah,
05:456.
05:466 yung
05:47binaylan.
05:48I'm not sure
05:49if they're current
05:50or former,
05:51no?
05:52Pero
05:536 sila
05:54tapos.
05:55I think about 8 contractors.
05:56So,
05:57masako mo ba dun yung
05:58ka-e-send?
05:59Na,
05:59nabanggit nyo
06:00yung
06:01naman na
06:01naman na
06:01rin?
06:02Di lang ako sigurado
06:04na tayo santa sa akin.
06:07So,
06:09ano mga particular na
06:11posisyon dito,
06:11mga dpwh officials
06:13na
06:13kinasuhan po natin?
06:15I-dereklamo po natin siya.
06:16Ano mga particular na
06:17posisyon po?
06:18Mga
06:19mga
06:20district engineers,
06:21project engineers,
06:23finance,
06:25or
06:25my
06:26wallet
06:26assurances.
06:27At
06:30total is
06:31about
06:3194
06:32million
06:33pesos.
06:34kasi
06:34each FMR
06:35malinita.
06:36Most of these
06:37are 2021
06:38na
06:39FMR projects.
06:42Ang
06:42amount na nakita ko
06:43naalala ko
06:44mga
06:4411 million
06:44per project plus
06:4511 million
06:46ka si.
06:4811 yung nakita ko
06:50ng amount
06:50nung
06:512021
06:51e.
06:53Pero
06:53sa ngayon
06:54the amount
06:56involved is
06:5720 to 50
06:58but the most
06:58time,
06:58marami dun
06:5911 plus.
07:00Sir,
07:01how do you describe
07:02this?
07:02How do you describe
07:04this project?
07:05Anong itsura
07:06nitong mga subject projects
07:08dito sa company?
07:08Pinuntahan ko mismo
07:09yung mga
07:10ayan
07:11earlier
07:12late last year
07:13at
07:15wala
07:16wala
07:16wala talaga
07:16zero
07:17wala kang makita
07:19no structure
07:20no structure
07:21no anything
07:23no
07:41meron siya
07:43na
07:45na
07:45hindi
07:47pwede
07:48basta-basta
07:48mag-file ka lang
07:49biglaan
07:50at gusto natin puli ito ang kaso
07:53para solid
07:54at alam nyo naman
07:56sa
07:59mga kaso
08:27hindi ko pa alam
08:28hindi ko pa alam
08:29I cannot say that
08:30kasi
08:30we're just
08:31following
08:32the evidence
08:33eh kung meron
08:35sa kalilang
08:35magsalita
08:37maka usong maging
08:38witness
08:38maging witness
08:39no
08:40meron beneficial
08:41other beneficial
08:46benefactor yan
08:48mga kaso
08:49na ba basta
08:50hindi ko sabi niya
08:51kung 7
08:52na makakasuman ko
08:53saan sa areas yun
08:54outside
08:55Davao
08:55o
08:57itong walong ngayon
08:58sa Davao Occidental
08:59yung pinto na susunod
09:00Davao Occidental
09:01pa rin
09:02oo
09:03pero meron na rin
09:04kaming
09:05pinicase
09:05built up
09:06sa Univaton
09:07Altay
09:09pinuntahan ko rin yun
09:09a few months ago
09:12wala rin
09:13gini na rin makita
09:14pro
09:14na rin
09:20siya
09:21kung
09:21if this took
09:23about 7 months
09:24siguro
09:24makakailun din
09:25may 3 months
09:26maybe another 4 months
09:27mas
09:29mas
09:30earlier
09:31na yun
09:32makapailan
09:33dahil
09:33halos sabay-sabay
09:34kaya lang
09:35ng location
09:36you just have to be
09:37very sure
09:39sa documentation
09:39at
09:42solid
09:42ang capital
09:43ito
09:43ang
09:44specific
09:45na
09:45okay
09:52we have filed
09:55against the respondents
09:57uh
09:58conspick
09:58under the
09:59revised
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