Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has ruled that the evidence presented by the prosecution in the criminal charges filed against former Davao del Norte Rep. Arrel R. Olaño, businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, and six others are "prima facie (at first view) sufficient to sustain the conviction. unle
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The Supreme Court (SC) has denied the petition filed by former Budget Undersecretary Mario L. Relampagos and three others who challenged the graft and malversation charges lodged against them in connection with the P9.3 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of then Davao del Sur Rep. D
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Also cleared of graft and malversation through falsification charges were provincial treasurer Danilo Cual Mendez and provincial accountant Teodorico Guevara Reyes.
The anti-graft court ruled there is no evidence that the public funds were misappropriated for the personal use of the accused, hence, the absence of criminal intent, said the court, in a decision written by Associate Justice Bernelito R. Fernandez.
Case records showed that the calamity funds were allocated to rebuild the province after it was wrecked by Typhoon Sendong and pounded by a massive 6.9-magnitude earthquake.
The prosecution said Degamo, together Mendez and Reyes, disbursed P143,268,441.59 out of the original P480,775,000 calamity funds released to Negros Oriental.