THE former mayor in Nueva Vizcaya province got a 12-year jail term for paying a contractor in full in two projects despite lack of completion and the release of P1.3-million cash advances to his vice mayor and provincial council members.

In a 32-page decision of the Sandiganbayan Second Division, Alfredo Castillo Jr., former mayor of Alfonso Castañeda in Nueva Vizcaya, was found guilty of three counts of graft, earning himself a 12-year maximum stay behind bars.

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