Alvarez bid as state witness gathers dust

THE witness in the controversial P1.2 billion UH-1 helicopter supply deal has raised serious concern about her safety after learning that her application for admission to the Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the government has not made any progress.

Rhodora Alvarez, a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) employee who blew the whistle on the helicopter procurement deal, said had she not inquired on the status of her application she would not know that she was waiting for nothing.