QC cancels 4 projects with Discaya firms
The Quezon City government said on Tuesday that it has terminated four infrastructure projects awarded to construction companies linked to the Discayas, who have been tagged in anomalous flood control projects.
The city government said in a statement that the projects were terminated after the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board issued Resolution No. 075 on Sept. 1, which revoked the licenses of companies connected to spouses Pacifico “Curlee” and Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya due to violations of licensing requirements and procurement laws.
The same resolution also canceled the memberships of the construction firms owned by the controversial couple in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System or PhilGEPS.
Terminated
“After the observance of the periods required by law, or as of Sept. 19, 2025, all four of the said projects involving Discaya-linked companies have been terminated,” the Quezon City government said.
The proposed projects that were terminated were a six-story with deck multipurpose building, a reinforced concrete canal at Ermitaño Creek, and Phases 1A and 2 of the Balingasa high-rise housing in Barangay Balingasa.
According to the local government, the four projects accounted for just 0.3 percent of all 1,300 infrastructure projects in the city since July 2019.
It said that it has maintained transparency in all of its procurement processes, including its competitive bidding, publication and posting.
It added that all infrastructure projects are publicly posted on the city’s website and that it welcomes all examinations of its projects and processes.
“We condemn any and all malicious insinuations that only seek to distract from the actual schemes and perpetrators that have victimized our city and our country,” the city government said in the same statement.
“We remain steadfast and unwavering in upholding the trust of our people, and we will continue to ensure that public funds are used solely for the benefit of our QCitizens,” it stressed.
In hot water
All companies linked to the Discayas have been in hot water amid an ongoing investigation into billions of pesos worth of infrastructure projects that were found to be nonexistent or substandard.
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said last week that his department was set to turn over to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, which is conducting the investigation, evidence showing the Discayas were awarded P78 billion worth of government contracts from 2016 to 2025.
The contract value cornered by the couple alone under the Duterte and Marcos administrations is equivalent to 1,214 infrastructure projects, Dizon noted.
The Discayas themselves have admitted that they gave money to several lawmakers and government officials in exchange for bagging billions of pesos worth of contracts for infrastructure projects.
