Court clears mayor of graft, DRRMO exec of harassment
MANILA - The Sandiganbayan cleared a Batangas town mayor of graft arising from the purchase of the municipality of a property owned by the local chief executive's children. In a September 23 decision, the anti-graft court's Fourth Division acquitted Malvar Mayor Cristeta Reyes and her two co-accused, citing the "failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt." Municipal treasurer Yolanda Cabiscuelas and budget officer Jeanette Fruelda were also cleared of the charges. The court said even if Reyes and the landowners are related, it "does not autom...