Ex-Iloilo lawmaker, 5 others face P4.8-M PDAF case

The Office of the Ombudsman has found basis to file before the Sandiganbayan charges of graft and malversation through falsification of public documents against former Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. and five others over the allegedly anomalous use of his P4.8-million 2008 Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel allocation.

Also facing indictment are Alan Javellana, Rhodora Mendoza, Romulo Relevo and Ma. Julie Villaralvo-Johnson, who were formerly from the National Agri-Business Corporation (Nabcor), as well as Marilou Antonio, then-project coordinator of the Kabuhayan at Kalusugang Alay sa Masa Foundation Inc. (KKAMFI).