Jinggoy Estrada, Manuel Bonoan barred from leaving Philippines

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(1st UPDATE) The precautionary maintain departure order additionally applies to former public works officers Roberto Bernardo, Gerard Opulencia, and Henry Alcantara

MANILA, Philippines – A Manila courtroom has issued a precautionary maintain departure order (PHDO) in opposition to Senator Jinggoy Estrada, former public works secretary Manuel Bonoan, and a number of other different former Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officers based mostly on a petition filed by the Division of Justice (DOJ).

The order issued by Manila Regional Trial Court docket Department 52 Presiding Choose Juan Rañola Jr. on February 10 additionally applies to the next:

Former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo
Former DPWH director Gerardo Opulencia
Former DPWH district engineer Henry Alcantara

In issuing the order dated February 10 — and was made obtainable on Monday, February 16 — Rañola mentioned “there may be possible trigger to consider that respondents will depart from the Philippines to evade arrest and prosecution of the crimes in opposition to them.”

The courtroom ordered the Bureau of Immigration to incorporate the names of the respondents within the company’s Maintain Departure Listing.

The PHDO stemmed from the complaints filed by the Nationwide Bureau of Investigation over alleged violation of part 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 or Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, plunder, direct bribery, receiving items by public officers, and corrupt of public officers.

DOJ spokesperson Prosecutor Polo Martinez, nevertheless, clarified that the DOJ’s preliminary investigation into the mentioned complaints are nonetheless ongoing.

Estrada has been dragged into the flood management scandal after former DPWH former assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez alleged that the senator channeled P355 million value of tasks to Hagonoy and Malolos, each in Bulacan, in 2025, with a supposed 30% “SOP” or kickback.

The senator, who was additionally beforehand tagged within the pork barrel rip-off, was additionally included within the Impartial Fee for Infrastructure’s (ICI) suggestion to the Workplace of the Ombudsman as among the many officers who ought to be held liable within the flood management rip-off.

Bonoan, in the meantime, was additionally included in an ICI suggestion to the Ombudsman for additional investigation.

Alcantara, Bernardo, and Opulencia are state witnesses within the flood management corruption, as beforehand introduced by the DOJ. – Rappler.com

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