Senate Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson slammed the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) after it was revealed that three major construction firms flagged in the flood control project controversy are owned by the same family.
The companies—St. Timothy Construction Corporation, Alpha and Omega Gen. Contractor and Development Inc., and St. Gerrard Construction Company—were among the Top 15 contractors linked to the “questionable” flood control projects recently exposed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
All three firms are reportedly owned by Sarah and Curlee Discaya, with St. Timothy Construction previously blacklisted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Sarah Discaya notably ran against Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, Senator Sotto’s nephew, in the 2025 midterm elections.
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During a Senate interpellation on August 27, Lacson stressed that it is the PCAB’s duty to guard against contractors using multiple firms to corner government projects. Instead, he alleged, the board itself may be compromised.
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“It seems na medyo nahaluan na rin yata ng konting, o hindi lang konti ano, ng katiwalian pagdating sa flood control projects because information keep(s) coming in sa aming opisina na etong PCAB, nagre-resort na sa accreditation for sale, may ganyang reports,” Lacson revealed.
Sotto, for his part, hit PCAB for granting accreditation to a contractor despite its failure to complete government projects, particularly in Bulacan.
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“In 2023, the Bulacan River Project amounted to ₱96.4 million was deemed completed, however, upon the ocular inspection of the President, it stated that more than 200 meters of revetment was not built and the contractor is St. Timothy Construction Corporation, oh sila na naman ‘yun… the PCAB license of St. Timothy was renewed,” Sotto said.
Lacson further argued that lapses within the DPWH have allowed incomplete and anomalous projects to slip through.