DPWH Engineers in Bulacan Suspended Over P188M Flood Control Projects
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of five engineers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan First District Engineering Office for six months amid allegations of anomalies in P188 million worth of flood control projects in Baliuag, Bulacan. The suspension is linked to suspected misuse of public funds and document falsification.
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