Philippine ombudsman upholds graft charges against contractor, VP’s son
( February 8, 2016, 05:13 GMT | Insight) -- The Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines has upheld graft charges against Orlando Mateo of Mana Architecture and Interior Design Corp. and Efren Canlas of Hilmarc’s Construction Co., the contractor in the allegedly graft-tainted construction of the 2.28-billion peso ($123.8 million) Makati City Hall Building II, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. The Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines has upheld graft charges against Orlando Mateo of Mana Architecture and Interior Design Corp. and Efren Canlas of Hilmarc’s Construction Co., the contractor of the allegedly graft-tainted construction of the 2.28-billion peso ($123.8 million) Makati City Hall Building II, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. The Ombudsman said Makati City Hall did not conduct a public bidding when the contract for the design of the multibillion-peso infrastructure project was awarded to Mana Architecture in November 2007, during which incumbent Vice President Jejomar Binay was still the mayor of Makati. The Ombudsman also alleged that Hilmarc’s colluded with incumbent Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, the son of the vice president, to “manipulate” five public biddings to ensure that the construction firm would win the lucrative project....
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