00:00A company owned by Christian Aguilar, the uncle of Senator Mark Villar, bagged 390 million pesos
00:07in flood control projects. Aguilar's Motion Trade Development Corporation secured four
00:12flood control projects from 2023 to 2024. All of these projects are in the Calabarzon area.
00:19Motion Trade was founded in 1993, but only started securing government contracts in 2023
00:24after the term of Mark Villar as Public Works Secretary. Between 2023 and 2025, Motion Trade
00:30bagged the total of 32 DPWH projects, amounting to over 2.8 billion pesos. Motion Trade's Carlo
00:37Aguilar, son of Christian, says his company's involvement in government flood control projects
00:42was only through joint venture agreements, noting that the company's participation did not even
00:46reach 50 percent. In an earlier statement, Senator Mark Villar said he welcomes and fully supports
00:51any investigation, adding that he has nothing to hide. We will update this story once Senators
00:56Mark and Camille Villar, as well as former Senators Cynthia Villar, respond to our requests for
01:01a statement or interview.
