MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday confirmed the discovery of at least three ghost infrastructure projects in Bulacan worth nearly P300 million.
In a press briefing, Remulla said the projects were traced using coordinates submitted through the Isumbong Mo Kay Pangulo website, an online platform that allows the public to report alleged anomalies in government spending.
“They just validated the information of three ghost projects that they found within the coordinates given. The projects don’t exist in the first district of Bulacan,” Remulla said.
Each project package in the first district was valued at around P95 million to P100 million.
“On average, that would be P300 million at P100 million per project package—P96 million, P97 million, P100 million, P95 million. So if you talk about three packages, then that’s around P300 million,” he added.
Remulla said investigators are “tying up loose ends” before filing charges against those responsible for the nonexistent projects.
He did not disclose the identities of the officials or contractors involved, pending completion of the probe.
