Binays face more graft raps for P1.3 billion Makati Science building: Ombudsman

August 3, 2017

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the filing of multiple counts of graft and falsification charges against former Vice-President Jejomar Binay, Sr. and former Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, Jr. for conspiring to rig the procurement processes of the P1.3billion Makati Science High School Building.

The Makati Science Building project for a 10-storey building complete with a four-storey dormitory was completed as a 10-storey building.

In two separate resolutions approved on August 1 , Morales indicted Binay, Sr. with four counts of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019) and three counts of falsification of public documents, said the Ombudsman in a statement on Thursday.

Binay, Jr. is  set to face four counts of violation of Section 3(e) of R.A. No. 3019 and three counts of falsification.

Standing as co-accused of the Binays are Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) chairpersons Marjorie De Veyra and Eleno Mendoza, Jr.; BAC members Pio Kenneth Dasal, Lorenza Amores, Ulysess Orienza, Gerardo San Gabriel and Mario Badillo; BAC Secretariat members Giovanni Condes, Manolito Uyaco, Norman Flores and Ralph Liberato; Rodel Nayve of the BAC Technical Working Group; city accountants Leonila Querijero, Cecilio Lim III and Raydes Pestaño; and city cashier Nelia Barlis. Criminal raps were also ordered to be filed against contractors Virginia Garcia of Infiniti Architectural Works, with Efren Canlas and Julius Ramos of Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. DMS