Published June 4, 2026 2:18pm + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft and malversation cases against embattled contractor Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya II and 10 others over their links to an alleged anomalous flood control project in Calumpit, Bulacan.Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro made the announcement during a press briefing on Thursday. "Pormal nang sinampahan ng kaso si Curlee Discaya at iba pang opisyal ng DPWH na sangkot sa maanomalyang flood control projects sa Bulusan, Calumpit, Bulacan kaninang umaga sa Malolos Regional Trial Court sa Bulacan," Castro said. (Curlee Discaya and other DPWH officials involved in the anomalous flood control projects in Bulusan, Calumpit, Bulacan were formally charged this morning at the Malolos Regional Trial Court in Bulacan.) She said Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon and Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano led the filing of cases for:Violation of Section 3 of Republic Act 3019 or Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act Criminal charges of malversation of public funds through falsification of public documents"Naalala natin ang mga Discaya ay namayagpag sa kanilang mga proyekto noong taon pang 2016," Castro said.(We could recall that the Discayas had a lot of projects beginning 2016.) Curlee Discaya has been detained at the Senate since September 2025, after being cited in contempt by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during one of the hearings on the anomalous flood control projects. — VDV, GMA News