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MANILA, Philippines: The Sandiganbayans First Division acquitted former La Union 2nd District Rep. Thomas Dumpit Jr. and others of charges of graft, malversation of public funds, and malversation through falsification in connection with Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

THE Sandiganbayans First Division acquitted former La Union 2nd District Rep. Thomas Dumpit Jr. and other individuals of graft charges in connection with Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) totaling about P40 million.

THE Sandiganbayans First Division acquitted former La Union Second District representative Thomas Dumpit Jr. and other individuals of graft charges in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) totaling about P40 million.

Arthur Yap (File photo) MANILA - The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has allowed the lawyers of former Agriculture secretary and Bohol governor Arthur Yap to attach excluded evidence to court records in the graft and malversation case against him and a former congressman. The court ruled to allow the "tender of excluded evidence" by Yap and "to make the excluded evidence form part of the case records in order to preserve a record of these pieces of evidence for appeal," accord...