Police officers escort former Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan to the Sandiganbayan on June 2, 2026, a day after his arrest. — Photo by Grig C. Montegrande/INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan, despite being a respondent in a plunder case before the Sandiganbayan, will soon become a state witness, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Monday.
“We already have a signed agreement for the cooperation of former secretary Manuel Bonoan to be a state witness,” Remulla said in a press conference.
Remulla said state prosecutors have already filed a motion to discharge the case against Bonoan before the anti-graft court’s Fifth Division, who handles his plunder case in which Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is also a co-accused.
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