Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, Aug. 11, called out the Discaya family after the discovery of their connection to multiple flood control projects disclosed by President Marcos in a press briefing in Malacañang.

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto

The President revealed major issues in the government’s flood control program, saying that more than 6,000 projects failed to specify the exact structures built, repaired, or rehabilitated, while some were implemented in areas that are not among the most flood-prone. 

He also disclosed the findings of an ongoing probe showing that a quarter of all projects went to just 15 contractors, five of which had assignments in nearly every region.

According to Sotto, two of those listed companies are owned and controlled by the Discayas - Alpha & Omega Gen. Contractor & Development Corp. and St. Timothy Construction Corporation. 

Sotto and Sarah Discaya were rivals in Pasig City's mayoral race during the 2025 midterm elections. Sotto eventually won his third and final term as city mayor.

In his Facebook post, the mayor revealed how the so-called "6 stages of corruption" work, based on statements of those personally involved in it.

“While it is often difficult to pinpoint specific people, all of us in government know that this is true. Mga kapitan at politikong kasama rin naman nila ang unang nagkuwento sa akin kung paano ang ginagawa nila: Procurement o bidding pa lang maaaring may anomalya o collusion na; sa project implementation mismo, maaaring substandard, o gaya ng sabi ng Pangulo mismo nung SONA, "yung iba ay guni-guni lang"; may mga SOP o porsyento na diumano'y umaabot sa mahigit kalahati ng project cost (Mayor Magalong and Sen. Lacson have both talked about this recently); may corruption na sa mga proyekto, hindi pa nagbabayad ng tamang buwis sa BIR; kulang din ang binabayaran nilang business taxes sa local government unit (LGU). Yung isang kompanya, top contractor, pero nagdeklara sa LGU ng zero gross revenue. Grabe, diba?; pag master na ang steps 1 to 5, papasok na rin sa politika. Yung 1 percent ng nakaw ibibigay sa tao bilang "tulong" para magmukha silang mabait. Buti na lang puro talo kandidato nung taga-Pasig, pati sa partylist (While it is often difficult to pinpoint specific people, all of us in government know that this is true. Captains and politicians who are also with them were the first to tell me what they are doing: Even in procurement or bidding, there may be anomalies or collusion; in project implementation itself, it may be substandard, or as the President himself said during the SONA, "the others are just imagination"; there are SOPs or percentages that allegedly amount to more than half of the project cost; there is corruption in projects, they have not yet paid the correct tax to the BIR; they also pay insufficient business taxes to the LGU. That one company, a top contractor, but declared zero gross revenue to the LGU. That's terrible, right?; once they master steps 1 to 5, they will also enter politics. The 1 percent of the stolen money will be given to the people as "help" to make them look good. It's a good thing all their candidates from Pasig, including the partylist, lost)," Sotto explained.

He added the Discayas also own and operate seven other companies aside from Alpha & Omega Gen. Contractor & Development Corp. and St. Timothy Construction Corporation:

1. Elite General Contractor and Development Corp.

2. St. Matthew General Contractor & Development

3. Great Pacific Builders and General Contractor

4. YPR General Contractor and Construction Supply

5. Amethyst Horizon Builders and General Contractor & Dev't Corp.

6. Way Maker OPC

7. St. Gerrard Construction

The local chief executive suspended St. Gerrard Construction in January last year due to its projects in Pasig City without the necessary building permits.

“Pasigueños, it may be difficult and even dangerous, but let's do our part in exposing and ending these systemic practices of corruption," Sotto urged.

“For the LGU's part, first, we will send to the President all of the information and red flags that we see. Second, we will continue the cases against these people so that we can collect the millions, if not billions, of pesos that they owe the LGU in business taxes. Makolekta lang natin ang utang nilang business tax sa LGU, may pondo na ang Pasig para ipagawa ang building para sa judiciary at national government agencies nang wala nanamang binabawasan mula sa ibang programa (If we can just collect their business tax debt from the LGU, Pasig already has funds to construct the building for the judiciary and national government agencies without any reduction from other programs)," he explained.