00:00The Sandigan Bayan 5th Division drops the plunder in graft cases against former Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary
00:07Manuel Bonoan.
00:08Sandigan Bayan presiding Justice Geraldine Faith Ekong confirms this.
00:12The Office of the Ombudsman is looking at Bonoan as state witness in the multi-billion flood control scandal.
00:17But Bonoan's bid to become a state witness is still uncertain as he faces one count of graft before 2nd
00:23Division.
00:23Along with Sen. Jingoy Estrada, they were charged in May after the Ombudsman found an intricate mechanism involving allegedly illegal
00:30budget insertions and project allocations at the DPWH in 2025.
00:35Bonoan will be released from detention since the 5th Division dropped the cases against him, while he's out on bail
00:40for the case before the 2nd Division.
