De Lima: Returned P110M just a small fraction compared to ‘kickbacks’

MANILA, Philippines — The P110 million in cash returned by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer Henry Alcantara is only a small fraction of the trillions allegedly lost to kickbacks in flood-control projects, House Deputy Minority Leader Leila de Lima said, as she urged other personalities implicated in the scheme to follow suit. De Lima said the House Liberal Party (LP) bloc has filed House Resolution No. 524 seeking an inquiry into “the status of recovering ill-gotten or unexplained wealth from those linked to what lawmakers describe as the country’s biggest corruption scandal.”  The probe aims to […]...

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