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., This news data comes from:http://cl.erlvyiwan.com
"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
- Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution – UN
- MMDA readies for FIVB men’s volleyball
- NATO members to reach 2% defense spending goal this year
- LPA over West PH Sea develops into tropical depression, now called ‘Jacinto’ -- Pagasa
- Prompt release of educational aids sought
- SSS pension reform program starts in September
- Need to pee? Japan has QR code for that
- Thai opposition's kingmaking summit fails to back new PM
- Japan govt seeks to triple spending on drones
- Read to reduce sentence, Uzbekistan tells prisoners
