Bulacan: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Thursday that suspended Bulacan 1st District Engineer Henry Alcantara has been dismissed.

According to Philippines News Agency, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon stated that the action against the official, allegedly involved in anomalous flood control projects in the province, is a swift response to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive to address issues within the agency related to "ghost and substandard projects."

The announcement was made during Dizon's inspection of a "ghost project" in Barangay Sipat, Plaridel, Bulacan, valued at PHP96.5 million. The flood control project by Wawao Builders in the Sipat section of the Angat River was declared complete by the DPWH Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office in June 2025.

Dizon expressed strong sentiments against the perpetrators, stating, "Animals did this, they are not human, so they can do this to our countrymen. And believe me, these animals will be imprisoned." He assured that Wawao Builders, along with other contractors such as SYMS Construction Trading previously found involved in 'ghost projects', would face lifetime blacklisting.

Additionally, Dizon mentioned that suspended Assistant District Engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez and Engineer Jaypee Mendoza, former head of the Construction Section of the DPWH Bulacan 1st DEO, would also be dismissed. He emphasized that this marks the beginning of a comprehensive cleanup of the agency and the perpetual disqualification of contractors involved in anomalies.

"The President has repeatedly said - and this was his clear marching orders to me - that we must not allow this to happen anymore, and to hold people who have done this to account," Dizon stated.