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8 ACCUSED IN MINDORO FLOOD CONTROL MESS PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Tempo
|November 28, 2025
Eight of the 16 accused in the “anomalous” P289.5 million flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro were arraigned before the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division on Thursday, Nov. 27, where they pleaded “not guilty” to the graft charge.
Following the arraignment, the anti-graft court scheduled the preliminary conference for Jan. 9, 19, and 26, 2026, all at 9 a.m., while the pretrial was set for Feb. 5, 12, 19, and 26, also at 9 a.m.
The Fifth Division is chaired by Associate Justice Zaldy V. Trespeses, with Associate Justices Maryann E. Corpus-Manalac and Gener M. Gito as members.
The court’s fifth division is composed of Associate Justice Zaldy V. Trespeses as chairperson with members Associate Justices Maryann E. Corpus-Manalac and Gener M. Gito.
This story is from the November 28, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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