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.
"I invoke my right against self- incrimination," Arevalo said when Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada asked whether they had flood projects in Bulacan.
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project 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., This news data comes from:http://jyxingfa.com
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.
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- Portugal mourns after Lisbon streetcar accident kills 15
- Ukraine's children start new school year in underground classrooms to avoid Russian bombs
- US warship heading toward Caribbean Sea
- India to cut taxes on hundreds of consumer goods to boost local demand following steep US tariffs
- DMW, pharmaceutical firm sign agreement to boost access to medicines, hospital services for OFWs, families
- North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM engine test — state media
- Malacañang hits back at VP Duterte's criticism on flood scam probe
- ‘God’s Influencer’ to become first millennial saint
- Diokno urges Philippines to rejoin ICC to counter China's aggression
