In Too Deep? Filipino Couple Under Scrutiny in Flood Control Scandal

Ghost flood projects 'symptoms of deeper affliction,' says IBP

MANILA, Philippines — Recent controversies involving “ghost” and sub-standard flood control projects are not isolated abuses but rather “symptoms of deeper affliction,” the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) said Friday. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are conducting separate inquiries into anomalous flood control projects that cost the government billions of pesos. READ: Lacson bares ‘systematic corruption,’ kickback in fl…

In too deep? Filipino couple under scrutiny in flood control scandal

Sarah and Curlee Discaya’s construction companies are among the 15 that hogged US$1.75 billion worth of government flood control projects.

Discaya property vandalized by protesters in Pasig City

Several protesters threw mud, vandalized, and shook the gate of a property of the Discayas in Pasig City on Thursday amid the probe into anomalous flood control projects.

Protesters storm Discaya office in Pasig to demand accountability for 'ghost flood control projects'

MANILA, Philippines — Protesters stormed the offices of St. Gerrard Construction of Curlee and Sarah Discaya in Pasig City on Thursday to demand accountability for flood control projects that “wasted billions in public funds while leaving millions of Filipinos underwater.”In a video shown on its Facebook page on Thursday, the People Surge National Alliance of Disaster Survivors, along with environmental groups, showed their disgust by throwing m…

Protesters throw mud, write 'magnanakaw' on Discaya compound in Pasig

Various groups staged a protest Thursday outside St. Gerrard Construction in Pasig City, one of the companies owned by contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya, den

Vico Sotto Urges Peaceful Protest at St. Gerrard Site, Vows Accountability in Flood-Control Scam

Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday appealed to protesters at the St. Gerrard Construction Building not to resort to violence, while assuring that investigations against the Discaya-owned firms linked to anomalous flood-control projects are moving forward. “I understand that we are angry and frustrated, but let’s not resort to violence or acts that could potentially …