Henry Alcantara, the dismissed Bulacan district engineer, confirmed he has not recanted his testimony on his involvement in the multibillion-peso flood control scandal and will continue cooperating with authorities as part of the Department of Justice’s witness protection program.
His lawyer, Emil Joven, said reports claiming Alcantara withdrew his statements were “categorically false and misleading.”
Alcantara previously testified that kickbacks totaling millions of pesos were delivered to aides of Sen. Joel Villanueva and former Rep. Elizaldy Co, though not directly to the lawmakers themselves.
The engineer appeared at the DOJ on Tuesday to address matters related to the WPP, while he has already returned about P181 million in restitution tied to the scandal.
His professional license was recently revoked by the Civil Engineering board for gross unprofessional and unethical conduct linked to the disbursement of public funds for ghost projects.
Source: PhilNews24 | January 14, 2026
