Bribery & corruption
Senator Jinggoy Estrada Charged with Plunder Over ₱573 Million in Alleged Flood-Control Kickbacks
Confidence: Corroborated · 3 sourcesPhilippines · Sep 22, 2026
Subject of this story
Jinggoy Estrada, Senator of the Philippines
Manuel Bonoan, Former Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
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Oversight
Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines
Sandiganbayan
What happened
The Office of the Ombudsman filed plunder and two counts of graft against Senator Jinggoy Estrada and DPWH official Manuel Bonoan with the Sandiganbayan on May 28, 2026, alleging Estrada received over ₱573 million in kickbacks tied to flood-control projects in Bulacan worth ₱1.4 billion. Estrada surrendered to police on June 1, 2026, was jailed at Quezon City Jail, and was placed under a 90-day preventive suspension from the Senate on June 16, 2026 — his third plunder case in 25 years.
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The Philippine Office of the Ombudsman filed plunder and graft cases against Senator Jinggoy Estrada over alleged kickbacks from flood control projects.
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- GMA News
The Office of the Ombudsman filed plunder and graft cases against Senator Jinggoy Estrada over alleged kickbacks from flood control projects.
Sources (3)
GMA NewsThe Office of the Ombudsman filed plunder and graft cases against Senator Jinggoy Estrada over alleged kickbacks from flood control projects.
BloombergPhilippine prosecutors charged a senator over a flood infrastructure kickback scheme totaling hundreds of millions of pesos.
Manila TimesThe Ombudsman filed non-bailable plunder charges against Jinggoy Estrada and others over the flood control scam.
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