Published February 15, 2021, 2:41 PM
Twenty-five incumbent and former officials of Silay City in Negros Occidental have been cleared of graft charges involving P18 million in information technology project that was contracted directly with the supplier in 2008.
Cleared were former Mayor Jose L. Montelibano; incumbent councilor Michael S. Maravilla and former councilors Jose Raymundo S. Locsin, Mario S. Torres, Ramon L. Jison, Salvador S. Segovia, Joedith C. Gallego, and April Grace O. De Los Reyes; City Administrator Ignacio J. Salmingo; officer-in-charge Elsie S. Jimenea of the office of the treasurer; and officer-in-charge Emmanuel S. Arsenal of the office of the city accountant.