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.
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
"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., This news data comes from:http://ygg-tw-txc-eq.erlvyiwan.com
"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
- Manila marks National Heroes Day with job fair
- Dizon to abolish DPWH internal special investigation team created to look into the flood control anomalies
- Van Gogh Museum 'could close' without more help from Dutch govt
- ‘New NBI chief must be career official’
- House bill seeks to regulate AI use
- DPWH opens foreign-assisted projects to LGUs
- Ukraine eyes defense deal with PH that includes co-production of drones, says envoy
- Search for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills 800
- Hontiveros pushes P15,000 salary hike for teachers
- First millennial saint: Vatican to canonize 'God's Influencer' Carlo Acutis
