Bonoan attends resumption of Senate probe into flood control projects

Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan on early Monday afternoon arrived at the Senate to testify before the Blue Ribbon Committee’s hearing into the anomalous flood control projects. 

Bonoan, who has just recently returned to the Philippines, arrived at the Senate premises shortly before 1 p.m. 

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III earlier signed the subpoena ad testificandum for Bonoan, and other individuals the blue ribbon committee wishes to hear from in the resumption flood control hearing. 

The Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms went to Bonoan's house on Monday morning, but he was not in the premises, based on a tweet of Mav Gonzales of GMA Integrated News.

JUST IN: The Senate Office of the Sergeant at Arms went to former DPWH Sec. Manny Bonoan's house this morning, but the latter was not in the premises. Bonoan has been issued a subpoena to attend today's Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing. @gmanews

— Mav Gonzales (@mavgonzales) January 19, 2026

Aside from the former DPWH chief, Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste, officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM), as well as former DPWH-Bulacan 1st district engineers were among those invited to attend the hearing. —AOL, GMA Integrated News