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Ex-DepEd head Briones, 13 others charged in P2.4-B laptop case
Manila Bulletin
|July 13 2025
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered the filing of criminal charges against former Department of Education (DepEd) secretary Leonor M. Briones and 13 others for the P2.4 billion alleged overpriced and outdated laptops purchased for public school teachers in 2021.
Aside from Briones, also ordered charged with graft and falsification were former DepEd Finance undersecretary Annalyn M. Sevilla, Administration and Procurement undersecretary Alain Del Bustamante Pascua, assistant secretary Salvador C. Malana III, Director IV of Information and Communications Technology Services Abram Yap Chai Abanil, Director IV Marcelo H. Bragado, Executive Assistant IV Alec S. Ladanga, Supervising Administrative Officer Selwyn Carillo Briones, Procurement Service (PS) Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A.
Lao, Director IV Jasonmer L. Uayan, Procurement Management Officer IV Ulysses E. Mora, Procurement Management Officer I Marwan O. Amil, Procurement Management Officer V Paul Armand A. Estrada, and private individual Froilan V. Domingo.
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