Court junks Ombudsman’s bid to drop Bonoan from graft case

The Sandiganbayan on Monday denied the Office of the Ombudsman’s move to remove former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan from the graft charge filed against him in connection with the flood control corruption scandal. The ruling presented a roadblock to the Ombudsman’s plan to use Bonoa

The anti-graft court says, however, that the Ombudsman may still push to make the former DPWH chief its state witness