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Blue Ribbon issues show-cause order for contractor who skipped 2 hearings
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has issued a show-cause memo to Edgar Acosta, president of Hi-Tone Construction and Development Corp., for skipping hearings on alleged corruption in infrastructure projects.
Acosta, whose company is a top contractor for government flood control projects, missed the September 1 hearing despite being issued a subpoena.
This was the second time Acosta failed to attend a hearing, having also been absent on August 19.
Committee Chair Senator Rodante Marcoleta gave Acosta three days to explain why he should not be held in contempt of the Senate.
Subpoenas were also issued for officials from Elite General Contractor and Development Corporation, Darcy and Anna Builders and Trading, Alpha and Omega Gen. Contractor and Development Corporation, and the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways for the September 8 hearing.
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The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ordered the arrest of contractors who failed to attend its inquiry into the alleged misuse of billions of pesos in flood control funds.
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Eight additional individuals, including five contractors and three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials, will be summoned to a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on alleged anomalies in flood control projects.
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The Senate has issued subpoenas to five contractors and three Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) executives to appear at a hearing on anomalous flood control projects.
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