LUCENA CITY: Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has his count-eraffidavit to the criminal case filed against him by former mayor Ramon Talaga Jr. of Lucena before the Office of the Ombudsman.

Talaga filed the case on behalf of 16 marginalized farmers of the Second District of Quezon province who denied receiving P50,000 each as loan assistance from the “Proceso sa Pag-asenso: Proyektong Lingap-Kalinga para sa Kabuhayan ng mga Piling Magsasaka ng Ikalawang Distrito ng Quezon”—a project funded by then-Congressman Alcala.

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