Alcantara: 20% kickback began in 2022, hiked during Romualdez’ time

MANILA, Philippines — The alleged 20% “commitment” or kickback scheme in infrastructure projects began in 2022 and escalated to 25% during the time of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. State witness and ex-Public Works engineer Henry Alcantara made this statement to the Sandiganbayan Third Division during the plunder bail hearing of the Leyte lawmaker over