Senate to unmask housing racketeers

THE Senate urban planning, housing and resettlement committee will try to unmask today individuals and groups behind alleged irregularities in the implementation of government housing programs for victims of natural and man-made calamities.

Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito, chairman of the Senate panel, has expressed suspicion that a mafia-like group could be responsible for reported delays and sub-standard housing projects intended for families affected by different calamities that hit the country.