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://www.771bg.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.
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
- Napolcom welcomes Nartatez’s move to recall Torre’s reassignments
- Trump rebrands Department of Defense as 'Department of War'
- Pagasa: Trough of LPA, 'habagat' will bring rain, thunderstorms across PH
- Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles Surigao del Sur
- NATO members to reach 2% defense spending goal this year
- China's Xi holds talks with North Korea's Kim in Beijing
- DoJ to begin preliminary investigation into missing cockfighting enthusiasts
- NKorea's Kim tells Xi hopes to 'steadily develop' ties – KCNA
- Super Sale: Pag-IBIG offers 40% off on foreclosed assets
- Nartatez to reassign Torre if he won't retire, says they're 'okay'
