Big-time DepEd contractor, suppliers… tax cheats?

A known private contractor and a couple who all do business with the Department of Education (DepEd) may be invited soon by the House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability to answer allegations that they have not been paying hundreds of millions in taxes for the past several years despite cornering projects of the department worth billions over the years.

House committee member Rep. Ben Evardone said they would invite Alfredo Domingo Madamba F. Jr., a private contractor, and Bethel and Jess Garcia, owners of Merryland Publishing Corp., to answer before the committee the charges leveled against them.