DOJ has not received Alcantara ‘recantation’

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it had not received any affidavit from dismissed Bulacan First District Engineering Office chief Henry Alcantara retracting his earlier statements saying that he gave kickbacks to lawmakers from anomalous flood control projects. Undersecretary Polo Martinez, the DOJ spokesperson, said in a statement on Saturday that there