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Jinggoy Estrada's bid for bail on a flood-control plunder charge will be tested in a Sandiganbayan courtroom from Oct. 20 to Nov. 12, with prosecutors lining up whistleblowers, DPWH district officials, NBI agents and Senate staff.\u003C/strong> The schedule was announced at pre-trial proceedings before the Fifth Division on Wednesday, Oct. 14, according to Jerod Orcullo of the \u003Cem>Daily Tribune\u003C/em> (Oct. 15).\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Who will testify\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Per the Tribune, the prosecution plans to present 21 witnesses in all: alleged whistleblowers, officials from various DPWH district engineering offices, NBI officials and Senate officials. Former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan is expected among those named, but the report says it is not clear whether he would testify during the bail hearings or only in the main trial.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>The Bonoan wrinkle\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Bonoan was originally an accused in the plunder case. 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