The Office of the Ombudsman has filed criminal charges against eight officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office and three executives of St. Timothy Construction Corporation over alleged anomalies in a ₱53.9-million flood control project...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan is currently confined at The Medical City and remains under the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), his lawyer informed the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4. Bonoan...
Three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers charged alongside Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan pleaded not guilty before the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, in connection with plunder and graft cases...
The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, June 4, reset to June 30 the arraignment of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on plunder and graft charges to allow the court sufficient time to resolve...
LAOAG CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) bared Wednesday the opening of the Kaliwet Bridge in Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur, a project that had been under construction since June 9, 2025. Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon, who inspected the project last month, gave an...
In an ideal situation, the twilight years of a person’s life is supposed to be spent in a happy and serene retirement— a chance to make up for the things that were missed during busy working days, a chance for a quality time with family and grandkids, and a chance to do good especially when you...
A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer testified before the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday, June 2 that he collected alleged commitment fees from contractors, saying he was merely following the instructions of his superior. During proceedings before the Sandiganbayan Third Division,...
One of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineers charged alongside Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Ejercito Estrada in a plunder case surrendered before the Sandiganbayan on Monday, June 1, hours after the anti-graft court issued arrest warrants against the respondents. The...
The Sandiganbayan has scheduled the arraignment and pre-trial of Senator Jinggoy Estrada and former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, in a graft case involving ₱573 million over alleged irregularities in flood control projects. The case, docketed as Criminal...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Friday, May 29, posted ₱90,000 bail before the Sandiganbayan in connection with graft charges filed against him over alleged irregularities in flood control projects. The anti-graft court’s Second Division had earlier issued arrest warrants and hold departure orders...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Thursday, May 28, filed plunder and graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Ejercito Estrada and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan over alleged illegal budget insertions and more...
Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan reminded his constituents that flood mitigation is a shared responsibility between the government. This, as Yamsuan thanked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for immediately sending an amphibious excavator to begin work in...
