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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan described as "preposterous" a blogger's claims that P800 billion worth of flood control projects had been cornered by six lawmakers.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/08/04/p800-b-for-6-congressmen-dpwh-chief-says-theres-no-such-thing

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00:00I have gone through, actually, the political blogger that you have given me, Your Honor.
00:07And what I can say, we don't have this kind of information at all in the department.
00:13To me, it's a little preposterous, actually, to have something like this,
00:18800 billion for six members of Congress.
00:23Mr. Chair, can you restate it, Mr. Secretary, what was the allegation again?
00:28Our six congressmen has cornered 800 billion in projects.
00:34For flood control projects, Your Honor.
00:38Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman,
00:44can we ask the Secretary to make a categorical denial of the statement made by that blogger in social media in this committee?
00:56Mr. Chair.
00:56What I'm saying here is actually now that it is now open for me to respond, Your Honor.
01:02What I'm saying is that we don't have any specific record of this kind of allocation for the six congressmen that has been put into the…
01:12And can you mention the responsible blogger or irresponsible blogger who made that allegation, Mr. Chair?
01:18Yeah, I don't have anybody.
01:19I don't have anybody.
01:19I don't have anybody.
01:20Did not say.
01:21Yeah.
01:21I think it's a page, Mr. Secretary, being circulated today.
01:27So, Mr. Chairman, I would just like to thank the good Secretary for at least clarifying that point.
01:38Kasi, alam mo, unfair talaga eh.
01:41I mean, we need to get, you know, our facts, we need to get the truth, especially when we're trying to investigate issues and problems that affect the country.
01:52Now, if there are malicious people who want to take advantage of this by throwing out fake news, fake posts, meant to malign and destroy the good name,
02:03hindi po pwede yun. Walang lugar po sa atin yun at higit sa lahat, hindi po tama yun.
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