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The Binays are in for more legal trouble.
“Lawyer Renato Bondal on Tuesday filed a second plunder case against Vice President Jejomar Binay, this time over the alleged overpricing of the construction of the PHP1.3333 billion Makati Science High School,” reports Jenny Reyes on ABS-CBNnews.com.
Bondal claimed the school was overpriced by PHP862 million. He based this on the testimony of Commission on Audit Chairwoman Grace Pulido-Tan before the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee where she said the COA detected a number of red flags in the construction of the PHP1.33 billion project.
For the record, Pulido-Tan had revealed that the initial estimate of the project was pegged at PHP348.6 million, which then ballooned almost four times the original price.
The report noted: “Bondal accused Binay, who was a former Makati mayor, his son, current Mayor Junjun Binay, several former and current city councilors and 10 executives of Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation of pocketing money from the project.”
The others charged are: Councilors Ferdinand Eusebio, Arnold Magpantay, Romeo Medina, Tosca Puno-Ramos, Ma. Althea Casal-Uy, Virgilio Hilario, Monsour del Rosario III, Vince Sese, Dr. Nelson Pasia, Salvador Pangilinan, Elias Tolentino, Ruth Tolentino, Henry Jacome, Leo Magpantay, Nemesio yabut, Armand Padilla, Israel Cruzado, Ma. Theresa de Lara, Angelito Gatchalian, Ricardo Javier, and the members of the Makati City School Board in 2009.
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