MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP) on Thursday denied allegations that it had named the Office of the President (OP) as the proponent of DPWH projects cited in the “Cabral files.” The Cabral files are documents allegedly from the late former DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral showing budget insertions tied to officials and linked to corruption. In a statement, Special Assistant to the President Antonio Lagdameo Jr. said OSAP does not have line-item authority over the DPWH’s internal budget and plays no role in identifying or implementing infrastructure projects. READ: Palace to probe […]... Keep on reading: Cabral files: OSAP denies naming OP as project proponent