Philippine plunder lawsuit over government contracts to cronies adds to Duterte’s legal woes
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said two construction companies, owned by the father and brother of long-time Duterte aide and now senator Christopher Lawrence Go, bagged more than 100 government construction contracts worth at least 6.6 billion pesos (US$114 million) from 2007 to 2018 in the southern city of Davao, while Duterte was mayor. Neither company had the resources or manpower to handle large-scale infrastructure construction, according to Trillanes.