Former DPWH-Bulacan 1st District Engineer Henry Alcantara is scheduled to testify before the Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division next week in the malversation trial involving former congressman Zaldy Co and several former public works officials in Mimaropa over a road dike project in Oriental Mindoro.
Alcantara is set to appear at the anti-graft court on March 24 following the testimony of former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo, who earlier told the court he received around P100 million in alleged commissions from Co through Alcantara between 2023 and 2025.
Bernardo also said that Alcantara told him that the P30 million he allegedly received came from former DPWH-Mimaropa Regional Director Gerald Pacanan, who is also a respondent in the graft case.
Alcantara earlier testified at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, where he acknowledged deeply entrenched corruption in the DPWH involving his “boss,” Bernardo, and several politicians, including Co.
Alcantara also revealed during the Senate hearing that Co, who is the co-founder of Sunwest Construction and Development Corp., inserted P35.24 billion worth of projects between 2022 and 2025. He accused him of facilitating billions of pesos’ worth of infrastructure projects in exchange for commissions.
He was later admitted to the Justice Department’s Witness Protection Program.
