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.
"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
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project 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
- Some areas in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Quezon to have power interruptions due to maintenance work
- Supreme Court: It’s work as usual in judiciary
- Pagasa monitors LPA off Cavite, may still become tropical depression
- N. Korea test-fires two 'new' air defense missiles
- No Filipino fatalities in New York Tour-Bus crash, says DFA
- Cambodia MPs pass law allowing stripping of citizenship
- Bonoan resigns, Dizon named DPWH chief
- Duterte party's acting chairman charged at Sandiganbayan over Malampaya project
- Prompt release of educational aids sought
- Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after war ends
