Ex-Leyte mayor off the hook in graft case

The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division stood pat on its ruling that threw out the graft case filed last year against former Mayor Federico Carolino Sr. of Capoocan, Leyte and several other individuals in connection with the alleged anomalous procurement of two dump trucks in 2008.

Earlier, the court granted the motion to quash filed by Carolino as well as then-bids and awards committee members Pio Antonio Borrel, Macario Noel Gullemas, Letecia Merelos, and Jesalie Loteyro who said that their right to due process of law and speedy case disposition were violated because there was an inordinate delay in the filing of the case.