{"id":17993,"date":"2025-11-14T21:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=17993"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:19:18","slug":"angara-refutes-allegations-tied-to-dpwh-kickback-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/angara-refutes-allegations-tied-to-dpwh-kickback-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Angara Refutes Allegations Tied to DPWH Kickback Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> &#8220;`html<\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Education Secretary Juan Edgardo \u201cSonny\u201d M. Angara refuted any affiliation with the irregular infrastructure initiatives within the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u201cWe dismiss any suggestion made today that we played a role in irregular projects. Throughout my 21 years in public service, we have never been implicated in corruption,\u201d he expressed in a post on social media this Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">This statement follows comments made by former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto M. Bernardo during a Senate blue ribbon committee session, where he alleged that Education Undersecretary Trygve L. Olaivar received a 12% share from infrastructure contracts during Mr. Angara\u2019s tenure as chair of the Senate Finance Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Mr. Bernardo recalled that he first encountered Mr. Olaivar in 2010 while employed by then-senator Ramon \u201cBong\u201d B. Revilla, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The latter has since worked under the deceased Senator Edgardo J. Angara and his progeny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u201cUsec. Trygve and I also engaged in dealings pertaining to Senator Angara between 2019 and 2024, wherein Usec. Trygve received supplies amounting to 12% of the projects of Senator Sonny Angara when he chaired the finance committee,\u201d Mr. Bernardo stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">In September, Mr. Bernardo additionally claimed that Mr. Olaivar sought a 15% slice from P2.85 billion-worth of infrastructure assignments, purportedly for Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.\u2014<b data-ogsc=\"\">Almira Louise S. Martinez<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bworldonline.com\/the-nation\/2025\/11\/14\/712301\/angara-denies-involvement-in-dpwh-kickback-scheme\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;`html Education Secretary Juan Edgardo \u201cSonny\u201d M. Angara refuted any affiliation with the irregular infrastructure initiatives within the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). \u201cWe dismiss any suggestion made today that we played a role in irregular projects. 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