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Kaxandra Salonga

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1776744441034photo-collage.png (9).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A DPWH engineer testified that the late Undersecretary Catalina Cabral directed the inclusion of former Sen. Bong Revilla as a project proponent for several projects, including the alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan, in the agency’s amended 2025 budget proposal. <em>📷 George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News &amp; House of Representatives/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer testified on Tuesday that the late DPWH Undersecretary Catalina Cabral directed the inclusion of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. as a project proponent for several projects, including the alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan, in the agency’s amended 2025 budget proposal.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/18/former-dpwh-usec-cabral-found-unconscious-after-falling-from-benguet-cliff-police-say-2355">Former DPWH Usec Cabral dies after alleged fall from Benguet cliff</a></div><p>Engr. Peter Paul Cortes, chief of the DPWH Programming Division, took the witness stand during the Sandiganbayan Third Division’s bail hearing on Revilla’s malversation case, Tuesday.</p><p>Cortes told the court that the amended budget proposal, signed by Cabral and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, contained an errata dated Sept. 2024, naming Revilla as a proponent of the Pandi, Bulacan project. He confirmed that the corrected list was later submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations.</p><p>He said the names of project proponents encoded in the agency’s database were based on Cabral’s instructions, including the inclusion of Revilla’s name.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/15/sandiganbayan-to-inspect-pandi-ghost-project-tagged-in-revilla-case-1022">Sandiganbayan to inspect Pandi &#x27;ghost&#x27; flood project tagged in Revilla case</a></div><p>He added that their office accommodates individual requests to be named as project proponents if these are endorsed by Cabral or listed in the regional budget proposal.</p><p>Upon questioning by the court, Cortes said their office did not receive any compensation for encoding such requests and that he had no knowledge of any alleged arrangement in which proponents receive a percentage of project funds.</p><p>Revilla was not in attendance at the hearing, after his lawyer said he suffered migraines on Monday.</p><p>On Thursday, DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo is set to testify along with his driver, while former DPWH-NCR Regional Director Gerard Opulencia is scheduled to take the witness stand on Friday.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS<br/></strong></div><div><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sutK_eEwl94?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cSjiryXxbhU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTz8aDj5HNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>A DPWH engineer testified that the late Undersecretary Catalina Cabral directed the inclusion of former Sen. Bong Revilla as a project proponent for several projects, including the alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan, in the agency’s amended 2025 budget proposal</p>

A DPWH engineer testified that the late Undersecretary Catalina Cabral directed the inclusion of former Sen. Bong Revilla as a project proponent for several projects, including the alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan, in the agency’s amended 2025 budget proposal

Cabral ordered Revilla named proponent of Pandi 'ghost' project—DPWH engineer

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Cabral ordered Revilla named proponent of Pandi 'ghost' project—DPWH engineer

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 21, 2026 12:11 PM PHT

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Updated April 21, 2026 12:13 PM PHT

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