MANILA, Philippines — Mark Allan Arevalo, Wawao Builders general manager, invoked his right against self-incrimination when asked whether his firm was involved in ghost flood control projects.
Arevalo was among the contractors who attended the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation on questionable flood control projects., This news data comes from:http://efap-ewdc-utw-quwe.redcanaco.com
"I invoke my right against self- incrimination," Arevalo said when Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada asked whether they had flood projects in Bulacan.
"Hindi po ako sigurado (I'm not sure)," Arevalo said when Estrada asked him if his firm has flood control projects in Bulacan.
Estrada said that Wawao has 42 projects with the Department of Public Works and Highways.
"The bulk of your projects is in Bulacan, [you have] two in San Juan [City], in Quezon City, Ilocos Norte, Kalookan [City], and Laguna. And they have identical [project] cost: P77 million," he told Arevalo.
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
- Filipino member of AHOF K-pop group says Manila concert a dream come true
- Philippine experts urge harm reduction strategy for tobacco control
- Supreme Court censures Marikina judge over parking dispute with PAO lawyer
- House suspends DPWH budget deliberations pending submission of changes by agency, DBM
- Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
- SSS pension reform program starts in September
- Supreme Court urged to act on fake complaints
- Israeli protesters call for hostage deal ahead of cabinet meeting
- 15 people hospitalized after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station
- Japan pledges continued support for Philippine development projects
