Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said Thursday that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineer Henry Alcantara, former Assistant District Engineer Brice Hernandez, and private contractor Sarah Discaya will be jailed by Christmas.

This was revealed by Dizon after the meeting of the technical working group called by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI).

Dizon said the three are part of the first-ever complaint filed by his department before the Ombudsman on September 11 regarding the anomalous flood control projects.

Aside from the three, the DPWH also charged Construction Section Chief John Michael Ramos, Planning and Design Section Chief Ernesto Galang, and 15 other employees of the DPWH Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office.

Also charged were Ma. Angeline Rimando of St. Timothy Construction Corp., Sally Santos of SYMS Construction Trading, Mark Allan Arevalo of Wawao Builders, and Robert Imperio of IM Construction.

They were implicated in nine anomalous flood control projects worth ₱249 million in Malolos, Hagonoy, Baliwag, Bulakan, and Calumpit in Bulacan.

"It's first in, first out at the Ombudsman. We are confident they will spend Christmas in jail because the complaint is non-bailable," said Dizon.

No comment came from the three as of press time.

On Wednesday, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla announced that they were targeting to file the information in court by 25 November.