Malacañang said the supposed flood control documents held by Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste cannot be treated as conclusive evidence, stressing that their authentication now lies with the Office of the Ombudsman. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) denied on Tuesday, Dec. 30, the allegations made by Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste that DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon made budget insertions for flood control projects when he was still head of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). In...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon denied authenticating the so-called Cabral files circulating online and refuted claims that he authorized their release, saying he has not even seen the documents now being linked to former undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral....
Engineer Abelardo Calalo, the Department of Public Works and Highways Batangas first district engineer who was arrested this week for allegedly attempting to bribe Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste with P3 million to stop him from investigating anomalous projects, is temporarily free after posting...
Batangas first district Rep. Leandro Leviste filed a formal complaint against a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer for alleged bribery last week at the Hall of Justice in Batangas City on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Leviste arrived at around 10:30 a.m. while Engineer Abelardo...
Police arrested a Department of Public Works and Highways district engineer for allegedly attempting to bribe Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste with P3 million to stop him from investigating anomalous projects. The suspect was identified as Abelardo Calalo, 51, district engineer of the DPWH-Batangas...
Solar Philippines founder Leandro Legarda Leviste (left) and Senator Loren Legarda The country’s youngest self-made billionaire, Solar Philippines founder Leandro Legarda Leviste, has formalized his intention to run for Batangas 1st...
Young billionaire and Solar Philippines Founder Leandro Leviste is investing over P15 billion to create jobs in Batangas and other provinces through his Provincia Investments Corporation (PIC). In an announcement posted on Solar Philippines’ Facebook page, Leviste said this new budget is in...
Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company is gaining a firmer control over SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) by raising its interest to 50.5 percent with the acquisition of an additional stake worth P7.5 billion from its founder Leandro Leviste. Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) is buying another...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has approved the application of Roxas Holdings Inc. (RHI) for a nine-day voluntary suspension of the trading of its stocks following the planned takeover of young tycoon Leandro Leviste. In its letter to the PSE, RHI said it sought a trading suspension to avoid...
Young billionaire Leandro Leviste’s Countryside Investments Holdings Corporation has signed a term sheet with tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan to invest P5 billion for an initial 71.6 percent in Roxas Holdings Inc. Countryside’s investment will help Roxas Holdings service debt to avoid bankruptcy,...
Countryside Investments Holdings Corporation (Countryside), a company wholly owned by Leandro Leviste, is investing over P5 billion to help propel the development of rural Batangas. In a statement, Leviste said this will be done in partnership with his renewable energy firm Solar Philippines Power...
