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.
"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://aichuwei.com
Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
"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.
- Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
- HEADLINES: DPWH fires Bulacan engineers, blacklists contractors over anomalous projects | Sept. 5, 2025
- NKorea could produce ten to twenty nukes per year — SKorea leader
- Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
- 15 people hospitalized after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station
- Yemen's Huthis hold funeral for PM killed in Israeli strike
- Quezon City hails directive for national projects to get local permits
- Vico Sotto could challenge VP Sara in 2028 race – survey
- 2,000 North Korean troops killed in Russia deployment: Seoul spy agency
- Marcos willing to submit to a lifestyle check
