DOJ: No recantation by Henry AlcantaraFormer Bulacan 1st Disrtict engineer Henry Alcantara attends the House Infra Comm's first hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Sept. 2, 2025. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has denied a rumor circulating on social media that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan First District Engineering Office engineer Henry Alcantara has recanted his testimony about the flood control scam. “For the record, the DOJ has not received or reviewed any affidavit from Henry Alcantara retracting his previous statements,” DOJ spokesman Raphael Niccolo Martinez said in a press statement yesterday. “There has been no official recantation by Alcantara whether written or verbal,” he added. The DOJ had earlier provisionally admitted Alcantara to the Witness Protection Program (WPP) to utilize him as a state witness.

Source: Philippine Star January 11, 2026 01:18 UTC