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.
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
"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.
Estrada said that Wawao has 42 projects with the Department of Public Works and Highways., This news data comes from:http://www.yamato-syokunin.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.
- LPA may still develop into short-lived tropical cyclone
- Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
- Ever dream of having an entry in the Guinness World Records? Here's how to do it
- 'Strangest' dinosaur covered in spiked armory – scientists
- Roxas matriarch, 91
- No winner in lotto draws for Aug 28
- Isko Moreno files charges against contractor over illegal demolition of sports complex in Manila
- An AI simulation of a Mount Fuji eruption is being used to prepare Tokyo for the worst
- Roxas matriarch Judy Araneta-Roxas, 91
- Zelenskyy meets European leaders on Ukraine security guarantees
