The Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Rizal Gov. Casimiro Ynares Jr. and several others in connection with the allegedly anomalous procurement of fertilizers in 2004 and 2005.

Also named respondents were then-Provincial Accountant Cecilia Almajose, then-Provincial Agriculturist Danilo Rumbawa, then-Assistant Department Head Romulo Arcilla Jr., then-Department Head Eugene Durusan, former Assistant Budget Officer Victorina Olea, former Provincial Legal Officer Eduardo Torres, former Provincial Engineer Danilo Collantes and former Provincial Administrator Virgilio Esguerra.

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