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, This news data comes from:http://ygf.gyglfs.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.
- Trump stamps 'dictator chic' on Washington
- Housing secretary declares 'zero-tolerance' policy on corruption
- 25,000 Filipinos register for Pag-IBIG's Expanded 4PH Housing Program
- Israel ups pressure on Gaza City
- Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin makes surprise departure ahead of a risky court ruling
- Public Works chief to press criminal charges against Bulacan engineer
- Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake
- Kris Aquino is alive, says friend amid reports of death
- Famed streetcar in Lisbon, Portugal, derails and crashes, killing 15 people
- New judge to handle Dengvaxia cases named; hearing set
