SENATE president pro tempore Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said a representative of WJ Construction visited the office of a senator last August 19 amid investigations on the anomalous flood control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Lacson, who is the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee, said he has seen and secured the video footage which recorded the visit.
During the Kapihan sa Senado forum, Lacson said he has also invited the CCTV operator to testify in next week’s committee hearing and disclose whose office was visited by the WJ Construction employee, whom he identified only as “Mina.”
Brice Ericson Hernandez, the sacked DPWH assistant district engineer of Bulacan’s 1st District, has alleged that WJ Construction was among the builders that paid kickbacks to lawmakers so they can get big-ticket government contracts.
During Tuesday’s hearing at the House of Representatives, Hernandez claimed that Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva allegedly got 30 percent “commissions” from infrastructure projects in Bulacan in 2025 and 2023, respectively.
Estrada and Villanueva have denied the allegations.
