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Friday, March 16, 2007 (Philippines)

Huge overpricing

Acting Visayas Deputy Ombudsman Virginia Palanca-Santiago (standing) confers with DPWH Asst. Regional Director Marlina Alviso and lawyer Augustinito Hermoso on the controversial lamps. (Sun.star photo/Roel Rosillo)

IMPORTATION papers prepared for the two companies that supplied the Asean summit lampposts tend to confirm what graft investigators are trying to establish: there was massive overpricing in the multimillion-peso purchase.

Acting Deputy Ombudsman Virginia Santiago will leave for Manila today to meet with Tanodbayan Merceditas Gutierrez on the controversy, which has spoiled the otherwise successful hosting of the Southeast Asian leaders’ summit in Cebu last January.

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