Ex-Senator Revilla Surrenders on Malversation Warrant

Former Senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. surrendered to authorities on Monday night after the Sandiganbayan issued an arrest warrant against him and six co-accused in connection with a non-bailable malversation of public funds case tied to an alleged ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan. The warrant, issued by the court's Third Division on January 19, also included a hold-departure order preventing the suspects from leaving the Philippines.

Revilla, accompanied by police, turned himself in at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, shortly after learning of the warrant. He was transferred to the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday morning around 10:15 a.m. for processing and booking. The co-accused include Department of Public Works and Highways officials from the Bulacan First District Engineering Office: dismissed assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez, engineers Jaypee Mendoza, Arjay Domasig, and Emelita Juat, finance section chief Juanito Mendoza, and cashier Christina Pineda.

The charges stem from a P92.8 million flood control project in Purok 5, Barangay Bunsaran, Pandi, which the Office of the Ombudsman alleges was never implemented despite...