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://www.705-888.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
- PH Construction Board asked to address 'accreditation for sale' scandal
- 4 policemen linked to sabungero case slapped with more administrative cases
- Vatican puts Pope Francis' ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm center
- Chinese sleeper agents' and PLA operatives a threat, Lacson warns
- GoTyme gives customers 20 free InstaPay transfers per month
- Heavy rain causes flooding, landslides and 8 deaths in Vietnam and Thailand
- Lacson replaces Marcoleta as Blue Ribbon panel chairman
- 'Five Eyes' ministers meet to discuss smashing people smuggling gangs, UK says
- Duterte party's acting chairman charged at Sandiganbayan over Malampaya project
- Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps
