The Quezon City government has terminated four infrastructure projects awarded to entities or joint ventures linked to contractor couple Curlee and Sarah Discaya.
In a statement yesterday, the local government unit said only four out of the more than 1,300 infrastructure projects of the LGU since 2019 have been awarded to companies owned by the Discayas.
City hall said it immediately conducted a review of the flood mitigation projects after the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board revoked the licenses of Discaya-linked companies, followed by the cancellation of their PhilGEPS membership due to violations of licensing requirements and procurement laws.
Four local government projects were found to have been awarded to Discaya companies: a six-story deck multipurpose building, the construction of a reinforced concrete canal at Ermitaño Creek and two phases of a high-rise housing project in Barangay Balingasa.
‘After the observance of the periods required by law, or as of September 19, 2025, all four projects of the Discayas have been terminated,’ the local government said.
City hall noted that these projects comprise only 0.3 percent of its total housing projects.
Other infrastructure projects linked to the Discayas were not implemented by the local government.
‘The Quezon City government has always observed transparency in all its procurement processes, including adherence to competitive bidding, publication and posting. This is the reason all our infrastructure projects are publicly posted on our website,’ city hall said. ‘The local government has nothing to hide. We welcome all examinations of competent authorities of our projects and processes.’
Quezon City called out ‘malicious insinuations’ that it said only seek to distract from actual schemes and perpetrators that victimized Filipinos.
‘We remain steadfast and unwavering in upholding the trust of our people. We will continue to ensure that public funds are used solely for the benefit of QCitizens,’ the local government said.