President Marcos last month said that about P545 billion had been channeled to flood control projectssince 2022, noting that 15 contractors bagged about P100 billion or 20% of the total funds. Several flood mitigation projects are substandard or have not met the specifications, or unfinished,cannot be located, or are invisible, thus, considered ghosts. For instance, the first district engineer of Bulacan loaned the contracting license of SYMS ConstructionTrading to implement the flood control projects himself. Dizon confirmed on Thursday the removal of suspended District Engineer Henry C. Alcantara, AssistantDistrict Engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez, and former Construction Section head Jaypee Mendoza. The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has conducted a hearing on the flood control scandal.