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DAVAO CITY: Davao City appears to be the biggest spender of confidential funds among the country’s cities and municipalities between 2016 and 2022 when it was still under mayor Sara Duterte (pic), who is now the Vice President, Commission on Audit (COA) records showed.
Sandiganbayan (File photo) MANILA - A former Zamboanga del Sur town mayor escaped conviction for malversation of public funds but must pay a fine of PHP50,000 under a plea bargaining deal that saw him plead guilty to the lesser charge of failing to render accounts. In its decision dated August 10, the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division found Wilson Nandang, former mayor of Labangan, guilty of 10 counts of violating Section 218 (Failure of Accountable Officer to Render Accounts) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and ordered him to pay a fine of PHP5,000 for each count. The graft court also granted the ...
Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) Central Visayas Regional Director Juanito P. Abergas to plead guilty to a lesser offense of failure to render accounts instead of graft. With the grant of his motion to plea bargain, Abergas
Published December 14, 2020, 2:56 PM Another complaint against Quezon 2nd District Rep. David Suarez has reached the Office of the Ombudsman on Monday. This time, the raps alleged his involvement in series of “anomalous” cash advances amounting to P56.14 million made from 2013 to 2018 during his incumbency as governor of Quezon province. Suarez is facing the complaint together with Provincial Accountant Evangelina Ong, Provincial Treasurer Rosario Marilou Uy, and Provincial Budget Officer Diego Salas. Complainants Leonito Batugon, Antonio Almoneda, Marife Benusa, and Mauro Forneste wan...