Twelve former officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas have been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison in connection with the anomalous awarding of an P83.94-million lamppost project in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.
Sandiganbayan (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Sandiganbayan to proceed with the arraignment of the former mayor of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu for graft charges arising from street lighting projects in 2006 for the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit. In a 24-page decision published online on Oct. 27 and written by Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, the SC dismissed the petition to quash information of Arturo Radaza. "His arguments are too trivial to merit the quashal of the information, and too vacuous to justify the delay in the prosecution of this criminal case. This has fermented in the preliminary investigation stage of 13 long years. While unnecessary, this Court indulged in a wordy discourse on the baselessness of Radaza's prolonged saga against the information filed by the Ombudsman, all for the purpose of finally ending the same. The Sandiganbayan is hereafter enjoined to fully dispose of the case with dispatch and wit
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