The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division has found sufficient grounds to try the graft charges against Pangasinan Gov.Amado Espino Jr. and several others for allegedly authorizing two unqualified firms to extract black sand in the Lingayen Gulf Area in 2011.

In March, the Office of the Ombudsman filed two counts of graft against Espino.

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