Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) Special Adviser and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, together with Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, are set to fly to Davao City and Davao Occidental to personally inspect flood control projects that have come under scrutiny for alleged irregularities.

One of the projects in focus is a flood control structure in Davao Occidental worth more than ₱96.5 million. The project, constructed in February 2022, was awarded to St. Timothy Construction Inc., a company said to be linked to the Discaya family.

Questions have been raised over the implementation and quality of the work, prompting the ICI to include it in its list of priority inspections.

In Davao City, Magalong and Dizon will examine another flood control project awarded to Genesis 88 Construction Inc.

The company is owned by businessman Glenn Escandor, who previously served as presidential assistant for sports under former president Rodrigo Duterte. This project, too, has been placed under review due to concerns about possible anomalies.

The ICI has been holding its hearings in closed-door sessions as part of its ongoing nationwide probe into allegedly anomalous infrastructure projects.

The commission announced that no public hearing would be conducted on Thursday, as members would instead meet internally to review documents and testimonies gathered during earlier proceedings.

Despite the closed-door nature of the investigations, media organizations have been closely monitoring the developments, waiting outside the ICI headquarters for statements or interviews with resource persons.

The commission has yet to announce whether its findings in Davao and Davao Occidental will be made public after the site inspections.

The inspection forms part of a broader crackdown on questionable flood control and infrastructure projects across the country, a priority initiative of the ICI in cooperation with the DPWH.