A manhunt has been launched for four individuals implicated in an alleged P289.5-million substandard flood control project after law enforcers failed to serve arrest warrants at their registered addresses.
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) reported that operatives visited the residences of the accused—three officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and a private sector executive—but found none of them present.
The warrants were issued by the Sandiganbayan on November 21 for two counts of graft and one count of malversation through falsification.
The four individuals currently being sought are:
Dominic Gregorio Serrano (DPWH Region IV-B Construction Division Chief), Lerma Dotado Cayco (DPWH Region IV-B Bids and Awards Committee accountant IV), Timojen Adiong Sacar (DPWH Region IV-B material engineer), and Anthony Ngo (Sunwest board member)
Police efforts to locate the accused proved unsuccessful, with various accounts suggesting they have evaded contact.
The caretaker at Ngo’s listed residence said he no longer lives there, while family members at a secondary address claimed they have had “no communication with him” since the warrants were issued.
Similarly, relatives of Cayco stated she was “on leave,” and one of Sacar’s residences had been vacant since August.
Neighbors of Serrano claimed he was last seen approximately two weeks before the warrants were made public.
