Published January 14, 2021, 2:36 PM
The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by former Tukuran Mayor Francisvic Villamero of Zamboanga del Sur and two others to file a demurrer to evidence in their graft charge due to the reportedly anomalous procurement of a motor grader back in 2011.
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Villamero was accused of violating Section 3(e) of R.A. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act alongside Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman Roberto Sayson, Vice Chairman Loreto Peñaranda, and members Rogelim Cabrales, Noe Gozalo, Ricardo Solis, Wilfredo David, Jovito Ondiano, and Solomon Donor.
Private individual Cesario Advincula Jr., President of IVAN CARR Industrial Supply and Construction Inc., is likewise charged with graft.
Published January 13, 2021, 12:37 PM
The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division affirmed its decision convicting three officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-VII) and a private individual of the graft charge involving the overpriced supply and installation of LED bulbs, traffic signal lantern and other traffic control devices as well as street lighting facilities in Lapu-Lapu City in 2006.
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Regional Director Robert Gingging Lala, Officer-in-Charge Chief of the Maintenance Division Pureza Anunciado Fernandez, Regional Legal Officer and BAC member Agustinto Page Hermoso, as well as GAMPIK Construction and Development Inc. Chairman of the Board Gerardo Sison Surla filed motions for reconsideration last October 2020.
Published January 9, 2021, 11:28 AM
Oscar Dominguez Abundo, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Director III of Legal Services, has been cleared by the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division of his graft charge involving the reportedly anomalous purchase of lots in 2001.
Abundo was initially slapped with a violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act (RA) 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act over the payment of P24,299,458.34 for Lot 41 and Lot 43, both located in Barrio Makar, General Santos City, in favor of the heirs of Mohamad Bin Abdurasak despite a defect in the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) No. 01-04392, which referred to the Davao-Bukidnon Road instead of the General Santos-Korondal Road, the subject of the payment.
The case against his co-accused, President of Excelgard Security and Research Services Inc. Ma. Flordeliza Macapagal Angel, has been archived because she remains at large.
The two of them were initially slapped with a violation of Section 3(e) of R.A. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for hiring 95 security guards in addition to the existing 108 security guards back on December 4, 2008.
Ramirez allegedly hired them without authority from the PSC Board and without the conduct of public bidding, which is required under R.A. 6847 or An Act Creating and Establishing the PSC and R.A. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act, respectively.
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