Sandiganbayan acquits late Ronda mayor, 5 others of graft
Sandiganbayan acquits late Ronda mayor, 5 others of graft
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Sandiganbayan acquits late Ronda mayor, 5 others of graft
MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has acquitted four employees of a town in Cebu on charges of graft for failing to post invitations to bid online for a government supply contract to put up a school building. In its decision dated February 23 and released Thursday, the anti-graft court's Sixth Division acquitted Ronda municipal budget officer Thelma Landiza, municipal assistant treasurer Brigida Cabaron, clerk Frauline Requilme and utility worker Evelina Tan on charges of violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The workers had been charged in 2017 along with Mayor Mariano Blanco II...