Sandiganbayan convicts ex-Leyte mayor of graft
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) She was sentenced to six to eight years imprisonment with perpetual disqualification from holding public office. Meanwhile, her co-accused, former Municipal Agriculturist Reynaldo Agner Bodo and Municipal Accountant Aluino Otibar Ala, were acquitted by the anti-graft court on reasonable doubt. The graft charge stemmed from the unwarranted benefit given to Bals Enterprises for the procurement of 3,900 liters of Fil-Ocean liquid fertilizer worth P1,879,090.92 even without the participation of the municipality’s bids and awards committee (BAC). R.A. 9184 or the Gov...