The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has turned over its initial report on the alleged flood control scandal to the Department of Justice (DOJ), confirming that several construction firms implicated in the anomaly were tied to the Discaya family.

In an ambush interview with DZRH News, NBI Director Jaime Santiago said the bureau has completed its first round of findings, but stressed that it is now up to the DOJ to decide which charges to file.

“We have actually submitted our report sa DOJ. So ang DOJ ay nakapag-create na ng task force on their part at saka para sa NBI. So hindi muna ako makapagsalita under evaluation ng DOJ kung alin ba isasampa, kung ano bang findings. Sila na bahala ang mag-evaluate at siguro sa DOJ na rin malalaman kung alin yung mga report namin na kasampasampas sa hukuman,” Santiago explained.

Different name, same address

According to the NBI’s findings, many of the construction firms under scrutiny were “interlocking companies," different corporations but with the same business addresses and overlapping directors.

“Initially, nakita namin na may mga interlocking and their addresses are the same. Iba-ibang construction company pero iisang address.

When asked to whom most of the company was addressed, "sa mga Discaya,” Santiago revealed.

The bureau emphasized that this pattern points to a possible scheme where multiple firms linked to a single family allegedly monopolized bidding processes and cornered flood control contracts.

The flood control controversy is also under parallel investigation by the Senate, Congress and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI).