US EditionMindoro Barangay Chief Tags Sunwest in Anomalous Flood Control Project
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Mindoro barangay chief tags Sunwest in anomalous flood control project
MANILA, Philippines — A prosecution witness testified before the Sandiganbayan that workers of Sunwest Construction conducted steel sheet pile driving operations at night during the implementation of a Department of Public Works and Highways road dike project in Oriental Mindoro. This, as hearings continued on the accused’s petition for bail on Thursday. Barangay Chairman Nestor Alegria Asi, presented by the prosecution, told the court that he p…
Barangay chairman testifies on substandard flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro
A barangay chairman in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, faced the Sandiganbayan to disclose what he knew about the allegedly substandard road dike project in the area.
The Sandiganbayan hearing focused on Sunwest Incorporated, which is linked to former AKO Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co, in connection with the alleged anomalous flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Prosecution witness Barangay Tagumpay Chairman Nestor Alegria Asi revealed what contractor Sunwest did in the project in 2024. According to him, only half or three meters of sheet piles or part of the steel were buried, instea…
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