MANILA, Philippines—The Sandiganbayan has dismissed malversation charges against eight regional executive directors of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for their alleged involvement in the P728-million fertilizer fund scam of 2004. The antigraft court's 1st Division dismissed the charges against Cesar D. Rodriguez, Dennis B. Araullo, Ricardo D. Oblena, Leo P. Cañeda, Oscar O. Parawan, Roger C. Chio, Sumail K. Sekak and Eduardo Lecciones . In a resolution issued on March 19, the court also ordered the return of the bail bonds to the eight accused. The court clarified that the dismissal was at the behest of the Office of the Ombudsman which...
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