Ex-PRC chief, 4 others face graft over lease deal

The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Chairman Teresita Manzala and several others over alleged anomalies in the 2012 lease contract for the agency's regional office in CTLL Building, Kisad Road in Baguio City.

Also facing indictment were former Commissioner Alfredo Po; former Regional Director Teofilo Gaius Sison Jr., now director of the PRC's Office of Financial and Administrative Services; former Supervising Professional Regulations Officer Tricia Camara; and former Chief Professional Regulations Officer Sarah Edna Tabije, now officer-in-charge of the PRC's Licensure Office.