A wealthy business couple Monday identified several Philippine congressmen and public works officials, alleging they forced them to pay huge kickbacks so they could secure lucrative flood-control projects from the government in explosive testimony during a nationally televised Senate investigation.
Construction company owners Pacifico and Sarah Discaya testified under oath in a Senate Blue Ribbon committee inquiry that at least 17 members of the House of Representatives demanded kickbacks from them of about 25% of the total cost of each approved flood-control project to help them win government contracts.
