Ex-PNR general manager, 8 others face graft cases

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed two counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan against former Philippine National Railways (PNR) General Manager Junio Norberto Ragragio and eight other individuals who were then with the PNR over alleged purchase of larch railroad ties in the total amount of about P47.13 million when what the board resolutions and bidding documents required were yakal railroad ties.

Charged along with Ragragio in both cases were then-Division Managers Rosendo Calleja and Abdul Aziz Pangandaman; then-Department Managers Estelito Nierva and Ruben Besmonte; then-Attorney V Neofito Perilla; then-Assistant Department Manager Divina Gracia Dantes; and then-Principal Engineers Cesar Bocanog and Mario Arias.