Romualdez replaces Pulong as top recipient of DPWH funds

Romualdez replaces Pulong as top recipient of DPWH funds

During the last three years of the Rodrigo Duterte presidency, the 1st district of Davao City was the top recipient of funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).  Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, the president’s son, was then the district representative. From 2020 to 2022, his district cornered P51 billion in infrastructure spending, an amount, according to then House appropriations committee chair representative Elizaldy Co that is t…