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Masbate gov, 9 others charged for plunder

The Philippine Star

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August 25, 2024

Two radio reporters in Masbate province filed a complaint for plunder against Gov. Antonio Kho and nine other officials for the alleged anomalous awarding of contracts for three road rehabilitation projects worth P99.8 million in 2022.

- ELIZABETH MARCELO

In a 22-page complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman on Aug. 21, local radio reporters Benjamin Gigante and Edarlito Doremon Jr. charged Kho for plunder, graft, malversation of public funds, falsification of public documents and unlawful amassing of wealth.

The same offenses were heaped against Masbate treasurer Eduardo Arcenas Jr., budget officer Liborio Gonzalez Jr., accountant Glenda Talisic, engineer Ralph Bacolod, legal officer and Bids and Awards Committee chairman Rany Sia, BAC members Lowell Pillejera, Roberto Leyco and Rino Revalo and project engineer Ricardo Montecalvo.

Named as private respondents were Edgardo Atienza, owner and manager of ABCG Builders; Mary Grace Baylon, general manager and proprietor of Sansa Construction & Supply; and Shalou Pitajen, owner and manager of Shaljomar Construction and Supply.

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