Centerways Construction President Admits To Donating P30 Million to Chiz Escudero during 2022 Election Campaign
CHIZ ESCUDERO – The contractor donor of the Senate President claimed that the P30-million campaign donation came from his own pocket.
Previously, Pres. Bongbong Marcos revealed that the country has spent P545-billion for the flood control projects from July 2022 to May 2025. The Chief Executive called it an “enormous” amount. Truth be told that many areas in the country continue to be left with deep floodwater everytime that heavy rains or tropical storms hit the nation.
Marcos Jr. also revealed that 20% of the country’s total spending for the government flood control deals was awarded to 15 contractors. According to him, five (5) of these contractors even had projects in almost all regions across the nation.
Here are the 15 contractors that Marcos Jr. said to have won 20% of the total P545-billion flood control projects funded by the government since the start of his term:
- Legacy Construction Corporation
- Alpha & Omega Gen. Contractor & Development Corp.
- St. Timothy Construction Corporation
- QM Builders
- EGB Construction Corporation
- Topnotch Catalyst Builders Inc.
- Centerways Construction and Development Inc.
- Sunwest, Inc.
- Hi-Tone Construction & Development Corp.
- Triple 8 Construction & Supply, Inc.
- Royal Crown Monarch Construction & Supplies Corp.
- Wawao Builders
- MG Samidan Construction
- L.R. Tiqui Builders, Inc.
- Road Edge Trading & Development Services
Following the revelations of the President, Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero admitted that he got P30-million campaign donation from one of the contractors flagged by Marcos Jr. According to him, the owner of the Centerways Construction and Development Inc. is his long-time friend and is also from Sorsogon.
Escudero tagged his publicized link to a flood control project contractor as allegedly part of a “demolition job” against him. Recently, during a hearing held by the House Infrastructure Committee, the president of the Centerways Construction and Development Inc., Lawrence Lubiano, spoke on the multi-million donation to the now-Senate Chief.
Based on a report on GMA News, the contractor donor of Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero claimed that the P30 million that he donated for his campaign during the 2022 Elections came from his own pocket. Akbayan Party-list Representative Chel Diokno also asked Lawrence Lubiano if there are other election candidates that he gave donations to and he answered in the negative.
Based on the report, according to the President of the Centerways Construction, his P30-million campaign donation to Escudero was not made through his construction business.
“Your honor, personally ko po donation or nag-donate po ako kay Senator Chiz, yung P30 million. Hindi po galing sa company ‘yun, galing po yun sa akin as a personal individual,” Lubiano said.
Amid Escudero claiming that his publicized link is allegedly part of the “demolition job” to oust him, the Commission on Elections or Comelec previously confirmed that government contractors are prohibited to donate to election candidates.