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Former senator Bong Revilla at the Department of Justice as he filed his counter-affidavit on his plunder complaint on Feb. 12, 2026.
Philstar.com / Ian Laqui
MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. may now post bail after the Sandiganbayan Third Division ruled that prosecutors failed to establish that the evidence of his guilt is strong in the non-bailable malversation case over the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.
In a 107-page resolution promulgated Friday, the anti-graft court granted Revilla's petition for bail, setting it at P1 million, and ordered his provisional release upon posting the cash bond, unless he is being held on another legal ground.
The court said it was granting the application "for failure of the prosecution to establish strong evidence of guilt" during the bail hearings with respect to the charge of malversation through falsification of public documents.
The Third Division, however, denied the bail applications of Revilla's co-accused — Brice Ericson Diaz Hernandez, Jaypee De Leon Mendoza, Arjay Salvador Domasig, Emelita Capistrano Juat, Juanito Coronel Mendoza and Christina Mae Del Rosario Pineda.
The court said Revilla's provisional release is in line with the Supreme Court's ruling in Enrile v. Sandiganbayan, which allows bail in non-bailable offenses when the prosecution fails to show that the evidence of guilt is strong.
Revilla and his co-accused were charged over the alleged ghost flood control project in Barangay Bunsuran, Pandi, Bulacan.
According to the information filed by the Office of the Ombudsman, prosecutors alleged that between July 2024 and May 2025, the accused conspired to facilitate the release of government funds for the supposed construction of the flood control structure despite no such project being implemented.
The information alleged that at least P76.9 million was paid to SYMS Construction Trading in connection with the project, causing damage and prejudice to the government.
Prosecutors also accused Revilla, then chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Works during the 19th Congress, of obtaining from the Department of Public Works and Highways a list of projects for funding, facilitating the inclusion of the Pandi project in the 2025 General Appropriations Act, and receiving kickbacks or commissions from the funds allotted for it.
Revilla has repeatedly denied the allegations.
The Sandiganbayan stressed that its ruling was limited to the issue of bail and did not determine Revilla's guilt or innocence. The criminal case will proceed to trial.
