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Dr. Malabanan vs. Sandiganbayan

DR. FRISCO M. MALABANAN, PETITIONER, V. SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENT. [G.R. Nos. 186584-86, August 2, 2017] ABUSAMA MANGUDADATU ALID, PETITIONER, V. THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN - 1st DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, HON. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 198598, August 2, 2017] ABUSAMA M. ALID, PETITIONER, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 186329 | 2017-08-02

D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
 
These three consolidated petitions stern from a common set of facts. Abusama M. Alid (Alid) was the Assistant Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Regional Field Office No. XII, Cotabato City.[1] Frisco M. Malabanan (Malabanan), on the other hand, was the Program Director of the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani Rice Program (GMA Rice Program) of the DA, Field Operations Office, Diliman, Quezon City.[2]
 
On 27 July 2004, Alid obtained a cash advance of P10,496 to defray his expenses for official travel. He was supposed to attend the turnover ceremony of the...