MANILA, Philippines — Controversial contractor Cezarah Rowena Discaya said her family owns nine companies and one of them, Alpha and Omega, bid for 491 projects in 2022 and won 71.
She said one of these companies is owned by her eldest son while another is run by her cousin.
Discaya on Monday attended the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation of "ghost" or substandard flood control projects., This news data comes from:http://aichuwei.com
Discaya says her family owns nine companies
When asked by Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III when they earned their first billion, Discaya replied, "We have been in the construction business for 23 years so I would presume in 23 years we can earn that [amount]”.
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada asked Discaya if they have a "point person" or someone from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) who gives them a list of projects which they can bid.
"Wala po ako knowledge (I don't have any knowledge). I don't know anyone [from the DPWH]," Discaya said.
To which Estrada said, "I don't believe you." Discaya later admitted that she knows the DPWH district engineers in Laguna and Bulacan.
Discaya says her family owns nine companies
- Gloria Arroyo files bill to empower Office of the Vice President
- ‘Lannie’ to bring rain over NLuzon, southwest monsoon to affect Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa —Pagasa
- China's Communist rulers push party role before World War II anniversary
- Trough of LPA, ‘habagat’ will bring rain showers, thunderstorms across PH
- 1 of 2 suspects in Pasay robbery, rape arrested
- PH, Australia hold live fire drills during ALON 2025 in Nueva Ecija
- Anutin elected as Thailand's new prime minister
- Marcos signs laws creating more court branches
- LPA off Leyte has low chance of becoming cyclone within 24 hours —Pagasa
- Malabon shifts garbage disposal to Rizal landfill after Navotas closure
