3 more DPWH execs dismissed over flood control mess

Former DPWH Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) assistant engineer Brice Hernandez. (PNA Photo)

By Ferdinand Patinio, Philippine News Agency

MANILA – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday ordered the dismissal from service of three officials from its Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) in connection with the anomalous flood control projects in the province.

In a decision dated Sept. 15, DPWH Secretary Vivencio Dizon dismissed former Assistant District Engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez, Construction Section Chief Jaypee Mendoza, and Accountant Juanito Mendoza after they were found guilty of administrative charges such as “disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines and to the Filipino People, Grave Misconduct, Gross Neglect of Duty, and Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service under Section 63(A)(1)(d), (f), (h), and A(2)(a) of the 2025 RACCS (Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service).”

It added that those dismissed from service were imposed with perpetual disqualification to hold public office, a penalty that states that they can never hold any position in the government.

The decision noted that the dismissal penalty is “without prejudice to the filing of separate civil or criminal charges.”

The three DPWH officials were tagged in questionable flood control projects worth billions of pesos in Bulacan now under investigation by lawmakers.

Last week, Dizon ordered the dismissal from the service of former DPWH Bulacan 1st DEO head Henry Alcantara for the same administrative offenses.