Office of the Ombudsman filed graft charges in Sandiganbayan against the three officials for allegedly receiving a gift in the form of an all-expense paid trip to Australia in February 2010.
Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has found enough evidence to back graft charges against former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager and board vice chairman Rosario Uriarte and former Board directors Jose R. Taruc V and Fatima A.S. Valdes.
Said former PCSO executives were charged for violations of Republic Act (RA) 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) and RA 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees).
In the court’s ruling approved by Associate Justices Karl Miranda, Kevin Narce Vivero and Division Chairperson, Associate Justice Sarah Jane Fernandez, the former-PCSO executives’ Motions for Leave to File Demurrer to Evidence were denied.
On 3 March 2017, the Office of the Ombudsman filed graft charges in Sandiganbayan against the three officials for allegedly receiving a gift in the form of an all-expense paid trip to Australia in February 2010 from the TMA Group of Companies for approving the existing 25-year Joint Venture Program with the PCSO to establish a thermal coating and printing office in the Philipppines.
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The prosecutors have claimed that the former PCSO Board Directors were authorized to intervene in the transaction with the Australian company.
