Ex-Bohol mayor, municipal treasurer charged with malversation

The Ombudsman filed malversation charges against a former mayor in Bohol and his former municipal treasurer for their alleged failure to account for government funds they handled during their term.

Former San Miguel, Bohol mayor Silvino Evangelista was charged with six counts of malversation of public funds (Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code) before the Sandiganbayan, according to a press release from the Ombudsman.

Former municipal treasurer Trinidad Millare, on the other hand, was slapped with eight counts of malversation before the Regional Trial Court of Bohol.

An 11-page resolution signed by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales showed that from September 1998 to June 2000, six checks in the total amount of P553,148.00 were issued by the Bohol local government unit without proper documentation and disbursement vouchers.

Morales said Evangelista was liable for malveration “for his gross negligence to exercise the due diligence of a good father of a family over the subject funds by not allowing Millare to misappropriate and misuse the same.”

“As an accountable officer, it was Evangelista’s duty to exercise proper management over the officers of the municipality,” she added.

The resolution also stated that Millare failed to account for P653,148.00 of local government funds as established by the audit examination conducted by the Commission on Audit.

It further said that during preliminary investigation, Millare admitted that prior to her retirement, she incurred monetary obligations in her capacity as municipal treasurer and executed an undertaking to pay within six months.
However, only a partial payment of P6,148.00 was made, according to the Ombudsman.

Meanwhile, the complaint against their co-respondent Segundino Hencianos was dismissed on account of his death in 2008. —Amita Legaspi/KBK, GMA News