00:00Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan is poised to stay in his post as he announces an internal cleansing of his department.
00:08This comes as the Public Works Department faces backlash amid back-to-back exposés of corruption in flood control projects.
00:14In an interview with DZBB Radio on Saturday, August 23, Bonoan said he was surprised by reports of ghost projects and DPWH personnel are unable to validate every project.
00:25He says his agency must now identify personnel involved in anomalous projects, have them prosecuted and sanctioned, to serve as a lesson.
00:33He earlier announced that he had dismissed Bulacan's first district engineer and other officials of the district engineering office.
00:39Many of the allegedly anomalous flood control projects are in Bulacan province.
00:43There was talk last week of Bonoan being replaced amid the flood control corruption scandal.
00:47Aquino Admin Public Works Secretary Rogelio Babe Singson earlier told ABS-CBN News he had received feelers about returning to the DPWH.
00:56But Bonoan's statements indicate he will remain in office.
