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.
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.
, This news data comes from:http://www.gangzhifhm.com
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
- No winner in lotto draws for Aug 30
- Isko Moreno files charges against contractor over illegal demolition of sports complex in Manila
- Pasig City continues barangay aid for efficiency, ends patronage politics
- Thailand ruling party moves to dissolve parliament
- DPWH to revisit budget, to complete revisions within 2 weeks
- Tensions soar in Indonesia as protests over police brutality and lawmakers' allowances continue
- Aftershocks rumble quake-hit Afghanistan as death toll tops 1,400
- Pagasa sees two to four tropical cyclones hitting Philippines in September
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800
