State witness Henry Alcantara has committed to return P300 million to the government by 2027 as part of his admission into the Witness Protection Program (WPP), in exchange for his testimony on the alleged irregularities involving flood control funds.
Alcantara disclosed the arrangement during the hearing of the graft case against former Senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. and six other respondents over the P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan, which investigators said had no physical structure.
“It’s P300 million, Your Honor,” Alcantara told the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division when Associate Justice Michael Musngi asked how much he had agreed to return to state coffers under the WPP.
According to Alcantara, he has so far returned P181 million.
“By September this year, I will return P25 million. By the end of 2027, I will have fully paid it,” he told the court.
Musngi later asked Alcantara about his net worth, to which the former Bulacan district engineer replied that it stood at P18 million.
The magistrate then noted that Alcantara’s declared net worth in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) appeared inaccurate.
“Yes,” Alcantara admitted when asked if he was aware of the discrepancy.
