00:00The Department of Agriculture sues several regional public works officials and contractors for graft and malversation.
00:07This over 94 million pesos worth of ghost farm-to-market road projects in Davao Occidental.
00:13Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. reports his visit to the project sites and says,
00:18Walang cemento, walang bakal, wala lahat. Tiu Laurel leads the filing at the ombudsman.
00:23Among the respondents from the Department of Public Works and Highways are District and Project Engineers Rodrigo Larete,
00:29Joel Lumogdang and Michael Awa, Quality Assurance Officer Jafel Faunilian, and Finance Chief Sar Ryan Ubungin.
00:36The DA says the respondents falsified documents such as certificates of payment and disbursement vouchers to make the projects appear
00:43completed.
00:44The projects were funded in 2021. Tiu Laurel adds, no politician has been implicated in the case.
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