Former Senator Bong Revilla Jr. and six officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways - Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office are facing malversation and graft charges following an Ombudsman investigation into a ghost P92.8 million flood control project. “Despite the absence of any actual construction, the respondents declared the project completed,” Clavano said. The charges stem from findings that the respondents misrepresented project progress through falsified reports and the issuance of fraudulent billing and disbursement documents. On Sept. 25, 2025, the actor-turned-politician was named by former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo as among those who allegedly received kickbacks from flood control projects. The Office of the Ombudsman filed graft and malversation cases against Co as well as several officials of the DPWH and Sunwest Inc. on Nov. 18 in connection with anomalies in a P289 million flood control project in Oriental Mindoro.

Source: Philippine Star January 16, 2026 11:13 UTC