Manila, Sept. 4 -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Thursday that suspended Bulacan 1st District Engineer Henry Alcantara has been dismissed.

According to DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, the action taken against the said official supposedly involved in anomalous flood control projects in the province is a swift response to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive to "clean up" the agency amid issues on "ghost and substandard projects".

The announcement was made during Dizon's inspection of a "ghost project" in Barangay Sipat, Plaridel, Bulacan worth PHP96.5 million.

The flood control project of Wawao Builders in the Sipat section of the Angat River was declared complete by the DPWH Bulacan 1st District Engi...