The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) filed malversation and graft charges against former Cebu representative Clavel Martinez (Fourth District) and seven others for allegedly misappropriating P15 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel.

Also charged at the Sandiganbayan were Martinez’s son, former Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez 3rd, former municipal treasurer Rhett Minguez, municipal accountant Cresencio Verdida, Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) Executive Director Alejandrita Meca, treasurer Paz Radaza, cashier Julieta Quiño and bookkeeper Rhodariza Kilantang.

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