THE Office of the Ombudsman filed graft cases before the Sandiganbayan against former Mayor Isabelo Maquino of Santa Barbara, Iloilo and six others in connection with the alleged anomalous awarding of five infrastructure projects in 2006.

Charged along with Maquino were former officials: Municipal administrator Lyndofer Beup, then-chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC); municipal engineer Noel Jaspe, BAC vice chairman; budget officer Ma. Negenia Araneta; municipal agriculturist Sanny Apuang; as well as Raymund Tabuga, president and representative of Topmost Development and Marketing Corp. (TDMC) and Felix Gurrea, president of F. Gurrea Construction Inc. (FGCI).

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