Ex-Romblon mayor, five others face graft charge

The Office of the Ombudsman filed a graft charge before the Sandiganbayan against former mayor Juliet Ngo-Fiel of Looc town, Romblon province and five others in connection with the awarding of a contract for the rehabilitation of an irrigation project to a lone bidder in 2007.

Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer Quijano Laure accused the respondents of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft Law by awarding a contract for the Rehabilitation of Small-Scale Irrigation/Small Water Impounding Project to the lone bidder R.G. Florentino Construction and Trading (RGFCT), causing the disbursement of public funds amounting to at least P8,999,500.