Ex-DPWH official, now state witness, testifies against Romualdez

MANILA, Philippines — Henry Alcantara, a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) official who became a state witness, took the witness stand before the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday to testify against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez.

Alcantara, formerly district engineer of DPWH-Bulacan’s first district engineering office, testified before the anti-graft court during the bail hearing of Romualdez, who is facing a plunder case stemming from alleged kickbacks from infrastructure projects worth P7.44 billion. 

So far, Alcantara has testified in the cases of former Sen. Bong Revilla, while special prosecutors will also present him in the trial of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada.

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Alcantara has since restituted money in line with his admission to the government’s Witness Protection Program. 

READ: Ex-DPWH engineer returns P110M of P300M ‘kickbacks’

So far, he has returned over P110 million to the Department of Justice out of P300 million in kickbacks he admitted taking from flood control projects in Bulacan. /jpv