Screenshots of senator, alleged aide's conversations with DPWH engineers presented in probe

Screenshots of a senator and an alleged member of another senator's conversations with former officials of the Bulacan First District Engineering Office were presented before the House inquiry on anomalous flood control projects on Tuesday.

According to Tina Panganiban-Perez's report on "24 Oras," screenshots of the disappearing messages on a messaging app allegedly between Sen. Joel Villanueva and former Henry Alcantara were presented before the House Infrastructure Committee.

Former DPWH officer Jaypee Mendoza told the committee that he took the screenshots of the disappearing messages on Alcantara's phone.

"'Nung October 2023, na kung saan nagre-request po si Senator Joel ng yung mga binasa ni Engineer Brice ng flood control... Sinasabi ni Senator Joel na mababa lang ang kanyang pondo subalit siya ang majority floor leader nu'ng that time at member siya ng Committee on Appointments," Mendoza said.

Hernandez also showed conversations in December 2022 with a certain Beng Ramos, whom he said was a staffer of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada.

"Nandu'n po yung pag-uusap kung kelan po magde-deliver ng obligasyon," Hernandez said.

Both Villanueva and Estrada have denied any role in the irregularities related to undelivered or 'ghost' and substandard flood control projects.

Estrada has denied having a Beng Ramos on his staff. –NB, GMA Integrated News