Ex-DPWH chief walks free after plunder, graft cases dropped; eyed as state witness
The Sandiganbayan ordered the release of former Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan after junking his plunder and graft cases. Bonoan is being eyed as a potential state witness in the multibillion-peso flood control scandal.
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