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PADRE GARCIA, Batangas: Mayor Celsa Rivera of this town led the inauguration of the municipal building on Saturday, July 29, attended by national leaders who helped in its completion, including Senators Ana Theresia Risa Hontiveros and Joseph Victor JV Ejercito, former senator and now Batangas Sixth District Rep. Ralph Recto, Vice Gov. Mark Leviste and Batangas Fourth District Rep. Lianda Bolilia. ....
SEN. Christopher Lawrence Bong Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, on Friday, June 2, 2023, visited the recently constructed Ibaan Super Health Center in Ibaan, Batangas. ....
Sandiganbayan (File photo) MANILA - The Sandiganbayan cleared a former Batangas lawmaker and regional officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) of graft charges arising from the purchase of farm equipment 18 years ago. The anti-graft court acquitted former Batangas Fourth District Rep. Oscar Gozos in the 2004 contract for the purchase of farm equipment worth PHP3 million under the DA's "Ginintuang Masaganang Ani" program, according to a 23-page decision dated June 24. Also cleared were DA-Batangas District regional executive director Dennis Araullo and field unit personnel Juvylee Obice, Raymundo Braganza, Abelardo Bragas, Felix Ramos, Ofelia Montilla, and Remus Villanueva. They were charged by the Ombudsman before the Sandiganbayan in 2011 following the findings and recommendation of a Senate inquiry in 2005. The program, also known as the PHP728-million farm input fund, aimed to modernize and develop the agricultural sector. The purchase was through direct contrac ....