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Sandigan convicts PCGG lawyer for double compensation

Sandiganbayan (File photo) MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has convicted a lawyer of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for receiving double compensation 19 years ago in violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. The anti-graft court sentenced Virgilio Ocaya to up to eight years imprisonment and directed him to return to the PCGG PHP129,600, which he received as double compensation from January to June 2003. Ocayaworked for the PCGG while concurrently serving as Deputy Administrator for Administration and Legal Affairs of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) from September 2002 to June 30, 2003. Ocaya received PHP278,388 per annum from the MWSS and as PCGG legal counsel on a full-time basisfrom 2002 to 2003, had a monthly remuneration of PHP24,000. "(T)he Constitution and law prohibit dual employment and double compensation. Hence, in view of the such prohibition, the compensation the accused received from the PCGG w

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