So the Office of the Ombudsman has finally gotten around to filing charges against Luis “Chavit” Singson, a full 14 years after the supposed commission of the crime.

The Ilocos Sur governor was accused of releasing P26 million of tobacco excise tax to Multi-Line Food, a company supposedly engaged in job creation, in 2001.

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