The Office of the Ombudsman has filed a graft complaint against six former officials of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) implicated in the alleged illegal purchase of substandard inflatable rubber boats from JOAVI Philippines Corporation (JOAVI) in 2010.

Named respondents were former DBM Undersecretary Evelyn Guerrero, who was then also the Chairperson of the DBM Procurement Service’s (DBM-PS) Inter-Agency Bids and Awards Committee (IABAC), and former Director IV Lourdes Santiago, who was then a member of the IABAC.

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