MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has acquitted officials of the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) of graft charges over irregularities in the 2010 bidding of the PHP19-million Pasonanca-Sta. Maria Line rehabilitation project. In its decision dated Nov. 24, the court's Sixth Division acquitted ZCWD general manager Leonardo Rey Vazquez, department manager Lovell Abad, and division managers Teotimo Reyes Jr., Arnulfo Alfonso, Rodrigo Vega, and Fernando Camba. They were charged with the alleged violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) and the Government Procurement Reform Act (RA 9184) following a complaint filed by a bidder, Bendimil Construction and Development Corp. for allegedly delaying and failing to conduct post-qualification proceedings. Bendimil, which had been issued a notice of lowest calculated bid (NLCB), had filed a case after another bidder, NLV Construction and Development Corporation was issued its own NLCB, even as Bendimil was undergoing post-qua