Muntinlupa Bliss Scandal Part 1 Exclusive -
“They didn’t knock,” says Aling Rosa (not her real name), a 67-year-old widow who has lived in Bliss Unit 112 since 1992. “They used a bolt cutter on the back gate. My dog didn’t even bark. I thought it was the usual hulidap (dragnet), but they went straight to the filing cabinet.”
Now, after a midnight raid by the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) Anti-Graft Division, those whispers have become a deafening roar. It was past midnight last Tuesday when residents say they saw the convoy. No sirens. No media. Just six black SUVs with tinted windows that could stop a bullet and a warrant sealed by a Makati City regional trial court.
Where did the money go?
Within forty-five minutes, the agents emerged with seventeen banker’s boxes. Inside? According to a confidential source who reviewed the inventory, the boxes contained 342 "fake" certificates of eligibility for the government’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) program.
In the shadow of the sprawling industrial parks and the glimmering high-rises of Alabang lies a forgotten world. The Muntinlupa Bliss Housing Project—a collection of dilapidated, concrete row houses originally built in the 1980s for informal settlers—has always smelled of rust and desperation. But over the last 72 hours, it has begun to smell like kerosene and betrayal. muntinlupa bliss scandal part 1 exclusive
Next to each name is a figure ranging from PHP 50,000 to PHP 500,000.
During our six-week investigation, we obtained a spreadsheet of Pag-IBIG payments from Bliss Muntinlupa for the year 2022. According to the government’s own records, 88% of the 1,200 active units were paying their PHP 1,500 monthly amortization (upgraded from the original PHP 15 in the 90s). “They didn’t knock,” says Aling Rosa (not her
But the smoking gun is the third column. It is labeled: "Kickback Kay K." (Kickback to K.)