The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former mayor of Cortes, Bohol to 48 years of imprisonment for falsifying documents to liquidate her expenses in 2010.
promulgated on January 20, the anti-graft court’s Fifth Division sentenced Apolinaria Balistoy to six years and one month to eight years in prison for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.She was also ordered to indemnify the Municipality of Cortes in the amount of P20,779, with interest of 6% per annum until fully paid.
The Certificates of Appearance dated January 5, 20, and 21 in 2010 and February 4 and 5 in 2010 included the signature of Dr. Loreno Canapi of the Civil Service Commission. However, the court said Canapi had already retired in 2009.
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