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Rosalio S. Galeos vs. People of the Philippines / Paulino S. Ong vs. People of the Philippines

ROSALIO S. GALEOS, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAULINO S. ONG, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 174730-37 / G.R. No. 174845-52 | 2011-02-09



THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

The consolidated petitions at bar seek to reverse and set aside the Decision1 promulgated on August 18, 2005 by the Sandiganbayan convicting petitioners Paulino S. Ong (Ong) of eight counts and Rosalio S. Galeos (Galeos) of four counts of falsification of public documents under Article 171, paragraph 4 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended.

The facts are as follows:

Ong was appointed Officer-in-Charge (OIC)-Mayor of the Municipality of Naga, Cebu on April 16, 1986. He was elected Mayor of the same municipality in 1988 and served as such until 1998.2

On June 1, 1994, Ong extended permanent...