Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Villar faces censure over road mess

by Christine Avendaño
from Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Senator Manny Villar is facing censure at the Senate after he was found guilty for allegedly engaging in improper and unethical conduct in connection with the C5 road extension project, according to a draft report by the Senate committee of the whole.

At the same time, the draft report, a copy of which was furnished to the Philippine Daily Inquire by an official of a political party, asked Villar to return to the public coffers the total amount of P6.22 billion that “he has or his companies have illegally gained or obtained as a result of unlawful acts and improper and unethical conduct.”

Villar’s involvement in the C5 project in Parañaque and Las Piñas, the report said, “made the Filipino suffer (a loss) in the total amount of P6.22 billion.’’

The money came from the cost for the realigned P4.28 billion for the extension project …

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