Manila, Sept. 25 -- Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo linked Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero to a streetlights project in Sorsogon and a supposed PHP160-million fund delivery in his supplemental affidavit submitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

In the document dated Sept. 25, 2025, Bernardo said Escudero summoned him during the confirmation hearing of then DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan in August 2022, where the senator raised concerns about the lack of streetlights in Sorsogon.

Bernardo claimed he relayed Escudero's request to Bonoan.

He added that he later received a list of projects, including the streetlights initiative, from Escudero's brother-in-law.

"He asked me to confir...