Ex-MMDA exec, wife vow to return P5.3-M ‘unexplained wealth’ to gov’t

MANILA, Philippines — The former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sidewalk clearing operations group director, Roberto Esquivel, and his wife, Marissa, vowed to return over P5.3 million of “unexplained wealth” to the government. This development came after the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division, in an April 21 resolution, granted the respondents’ Motion to Withdraw the Appeal and instead