AdvertisementsAlso facing indictment at the Sandiganbayan were former Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral, former Undersecretaries Mateo Montaño and Lualhati Pablo, former Chief Accountant Leonila Hayahay, former Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera, and former Assistant Director Pacita Sarino. Cenon Mayor, former president of the non-government organization (NGO) Kaloocan Assistance Council, Inc. (KACI), also faces indictment. “Also, the Ombudsman obtained affidavits of alleged beneficiaries who denied receiving any burial or financial assistance and denied that the signatures appearing on the vouchers were theirs. But Crisologo denied the allegations. “There is no proof that I benefited from that, that I received any money or…that…financially I benefited from those transaction[s],” he said on Thursday.

Source: Manila Times October 05, 2017 17:15 UTC