The Office of the Ombudsman has found nine individuals administratively liable for grave misconduct, serious dishonesty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service for the allegedly unlawful disbursement of former Misamis Occidental (First District) Rep. Marina Clarete’s 2007 to 2009 Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel.”

These were former National Agribusiness Corp. manager Romulo Relevo and former Nabcor bookkeeper Maria Ninez Guañizo; former National Livelihood Development Corp. directors Emmanuel Alexis Sevidal and Chita Jalandoni as well as former NLDC division chiefs Gregoria Buenaventura, Ofelia Ordoñez and Sofia Cruz; and former Technology Resource Center chief accountant Marivic Jover and former budget specialist Consuelo Espiritu.

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