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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MABALACAT, Pampanga \u2013 The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the charges filed against Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo, Vice Mayor Gerald Guttrie Aquino and 12 other members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a ruling, the Ombudsman said complainant Marcos T. Castro Jr., a councilor in Mabalacat City, failed to establish substantial evidence against the respondents.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The rdecision was signed by Graft Investigation and Prosecution officer III Esther Velasco-Legaspi.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Earlier, Castro filed charges for violation of Section 3e and g of Republic Act 3019 or the<\/strong> Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act,<\/strong> grave misconduct, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service and violation of Sec 4a and 5e of Republic Act 6713 or An Act Establishing a Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and employees against Garbo, Aquino and 12 SP members<\/strong> in relation to the city\u2019s \u20b12.0789 billion loan, which the respondents claim was politically-motivated .<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Garbo thanked the Ombudsman for the dismissal of the cases filed against him by his political rival and appealed to his critics to move forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s move forward and maintain our attention to serving our kababayans,\u201d the Mabalacat mayor said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Garbo, he was not surprised by the Ombudsman\u2019s decision as he and the <\/strong>Mabalaquenians have always known the <\/strong>truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNais kong ipahayag ang aking taus-pusong pasasalamat sa Diyos at sa inyong patuloy na suporta. Ang inyong pagtitiwala ay nagsilbing lakas sa akin habang ako\u2019y humaharap sa mga hamon ng pamamahala,\u201d Garbo said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBagamat ako\u2019y natutuwa sa desisyong ibasura ang walang saysay na alegasyon, hindi na po ako nagulat dito. Alam natin ang ating layunin at ang mga prinsipyo na ating pinapahalagahan. Ang mga Mabalaquenian ay may malinaw na pag-iisip at matibay na pananampalataya sa Diyos. Hinding-hindi tayo magiging biktima ng mga paninira ng iilang may pagnanais na mamuno,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Mabalacat mayor reiterated his commitment to continuing projects for the benefit of his constituents and staying focused on addressing the needs of the Mabalaquenians.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG MABALACAT, Pampanga – The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the charges filed against Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo, Vice Mayor Gerald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11727,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725\/revisions\/11727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}