House quad-committee (quad-comm) v2.0 overall chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. refuses to jump to conclusions regarding the alleged "leadership fund" for senators. “So sa akin, ito ang unang-una. Naniniwala ako na documents first, yung facts first (For me, we do...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, Aug. 15, said he had never heard of a so-called “leadership fund” for senators, as he rejected claims made by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan. Bonoan has claimed that a P24zbillion “leadership...
Malacañang made an assurance that there is no "leadership fund" under the proposed 2027 national budget. "Ayon sa DPWH ay wala silang ganitong klaseng mga fund ((According to the Department of Public Works and Highways, they have no such kind of fund)," Palace Press Officer and Communications...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, Aug. 12, denied personally handling or requesting lists of senators’ infrastructure project requests when he served as Senate president, following testimony linking him to a “leadership fund” for priority projects. Former...
Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan testified Wednesday, Aug. 12, that then Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo submitted to him the project lists of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. under the department’s Senate leadership fund. Bonoan...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Tuesday, Aug. 11, that it would strictly follow judicial mandates to transport former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan before the Sandiganbayan for his scheduled testimony in the trial of former senator Ramon “Bong”...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division on Monday, Aug. 3, denied the prosecution’s motion to exclude former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan as an accused in Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s pending graft case. In a 12-page resolution penned by Presiding...
The camp of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on Tuesday, July 14, opposed the prosecution’s motion to exclude former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan from the graft case pending before the Sandiganbayan Second Division. Earlier, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, on Saturday, June 11 pointed to what he described as a recurring pattern wherein high-profile personalities get hospitalized after being cited in contempt by the Senate or while facing arrest in criminal cases. Lacson cited this phenomenon after former Department of...
Is former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan being pressured to implicate Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez in the Ombudsman’s flood control project scam investigation? Lawyer Ade Fajardo, a spokesman of the two-time former House Speaker, says this might...
President Marcos said the decision on whether former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan would be accepted as a state witness in the government 's investigation into alleged anomalies in flood control projects rests solely with the Office of the Ombudsman....
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan is the “most polluted" source of testimony when it comes to the flood control projects corruption scandal. Thus, said the spokesperson of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, lawyer Ade Fajardo, amid the...
