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Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan arrives in a wheelchair at the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City on June 2, 2026, for his arraignment on graft charges involving allegedly anomalous flood control projects before the court’s Second Division. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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FLOOD CONTROL- Estrada/ Bonoan

Kaxandra Salonga

ABS-CBN News

<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/178062628322720260602-manuel-bonoan-arraignment-graft-case-JC3 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan arrives in a wheelchair at the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City on June 2, 2026, for his arraignment on graft charges involving allegedly anomalous flood control projects before the court’s Second Division. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— The Sandiganbayan approved former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan’s motion for hospital arrest, citing humanitarian grounds due to his advanced age and life-threatening medical conditions.</p><p>In a resolution promulgated on Thursday, the court&#x27;s Fifth Division ruled that Bonoan would be confined at the P<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/2/ex-dpwh-chief-bonoan-returned-to-pnp-hospital-after-arraignment-postponed-1801">hilippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital </a>in Camp Crame, Quezon City, instead of The Medical City, where he had sought confinement while his case was pending.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/4/ex-dpwh-chief-bonoan-skips-arraignment-due-to-medical-reasons-cidg-1406">Ex-DPWH chief Bonoan skips arraignment due to medical reasons—CIDG</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/4/pnp-serves-new-graft-case-warrant-on-estrada-bonoan-1834">PNP serves new graft case warrant on Estrada, Bonoan</a></div><p>DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Friday revealed that Bonoan had 2 surgeries this week to treat his heart attack.</p><p>He added that the Sandiganbayan&#x27;s partial granting of hospital arrest for Bonoan was a “temporary measure.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/4/cidg-denies-special-treatment-in-estrada-mugshot-cites-lack-of-fitting-detainee-shirt-1245">‘Walang magkasya na damit’: CIDG denies special treatment in Estrada mugshot, cites lack of fitting detainee shirt</a></div><p>“A formal medical diagnosis will be forwarded to the Sandiganbayan. We will receive the full report Monday,” Remulla said</p><div><br/></div><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><br/><br/></div><div><em><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/mhSx4o8jnfM?&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/I4bBoCxZQWM?&amp;t=14s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></em><br/></div>

<p>The Sandiganbayan approved former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan’s motion for hospital arrest, citing humanitarian grounds due to his advanced age and life-threatening medical conditions.</p>

The Sandiganbayan approved former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan’s motion for hospital arrest, citing humanitarian grounds due to his advanced age and life-threatening medical conditions.

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Sandiganbayan allows ex-DPWH chief Bonoan’s hospital arrest

Kaxandra Salonga,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 05, 2026 10:25 AM PHT

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Updated June 05, 2026 11:14 AM PHT

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