Leviste thanks lawyer for confirming claimsRep. Leandro Leviste (Batangas, 1st District) holds a press conference on Monday, Aug. 26, 2025 after filing criminal cases against the district engineer who attempted to bribe him. MANILA, Philippines — Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste yesterday thanked lawyer Mae Divinagracia for confirming several of his claims regarding the so-called “Cabral files.”Leviste also thanked Divinagracia for confirming that he lawfully obtained the documents, refuting insinuations that he forcibly took it from the late public works undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral. Divinagracia’s description of the documents corresponds with his copy of the files and other people’s copies secured from the DPWH, Leviste pointed out. Cabral and, more broadly, how testimonies that do not fit certain narratives have been left out of investigations,” Leviste said. Recalling a Sept. 4, 2025 conversation with Cabral, Leviste said the late DPWH undersecretary told him that she felt bad about having been made to tender a courtesy resignation instead of retiring early.

Source: Philippine Star January 07, 2026 00:19 UTC