Sandigan acquits former Baguio camp official

The Sandiganbayan’s Special Second Division has acquitted Jonathan Malaya, former Baguio Teacher’s Camp officer-in-charge superintendent in a graft case filed against him over approval of a recommendation to award two construction projects to a contractor in 2008 for improvement of the camp’s facilities.

Malaya, who was an assistant secretary of the Department of Education at the time, was charged for approving the Bids and Awards Committee’s (BAC) recommendation to award the projects to Nicholas Jift Construction despite its alleged disqualification for submitting a personal check, which supposedly was not an acceptable bid security.