IN BRIEF

Sandigan finds another Ampatuan guilty of graft

THE Sandiganbayan has found another member of the Ampatuan clan guilty of graft and malversation of public funds and sentenced him to imprisonment of up to 18 years.

Convicted with former Maguindanao governor Datu Sajid Islam U. Ampatuan was his provincial budget officer at the time Datu Ali Kanakan Abpi Al Haj. (‘Al Haj’ appended to Abpi’s name means he has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca.)

Ampatuan is the sitting vice mayor of Shariff Saydona town.

In addition to the prison terms, the two were ordered to return P16,317,559 or the amount that the two mishandled in the purchase of food supplies in 2009.

Maricel V. Cruz

LTFRB transfers all documents to BARMM

THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has officially transferred all responsibilities, assets, and documents from its Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office XII to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s LTFRB.

LTFRB chair Teofilo Guadiz III presided over the turnover of digital copies of franchise documents for routes under the jurisdiction of BARMM.

Among the attendees were LTFRB

Board Member Atty. Mercy Jane ParasLeynes, LTFRB Executive Director Atty. Robert Peig, LTFRB Region XII Regional Director Paterno Reynato Padua, and Atty. Paisalin Tago, Minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

Rio N. Araja

Bataan LGU passes resolution to thank PBBM

THE local government of Bataan passed a resolution at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) thanking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the two Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) project grants given to the province, Vice Governor Cris Garcia said.

“Nagpasa kami ng resolution sa SP ng pagpapasalamat kay Pangulong Bongbong Marcos sa pagkakatanggap ng ating lalawigan ng dalawang PRDP project grant,” Garcia said during the recent ground breaking ceremony of the P180 million Orani Fish Landing and Post Trading project funded under PRDP. SP secretary Mark Quezon said the other PRDP project is the P90 million Nazarenoi Culis Farm-To-Market Road in Hermosa town. The road is seen to boost mango production in the area.

Butch Gunio

VAX DRIVE. Manila Health Department (MHD) workers conduct a house-to-house vaccination drive for residents of Delpan in Binondo on Monday. Children were also vaccinated against measles, rubella, and polio. Norman Cruz