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A former governor of Quirino province has been sentenced to 12 to 16 years in prison in connection with the anomalous procurement of fertilizer worth P4.99 million in 2004.
MANILA -- The Sandiganbayan convicted a former provincial governor of graft over the anomalous purchase of fertilizers worth PHP4.9 million in 2004. In its decision dated June 3, the anti-graft court's Second Division sentenced former Quirino Gov. Pedro Bacani to up to eight years in prison for violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. Two private individuals, Edilberto and Kevin Apostol, both officials of fertilizer supplier Akame Marketing International, who were implicated in the transactions, remain at large. The case stemmed from the purchase of two b...