MANILA, Philippines — Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan on Wednesday denied accusations of irregularity in the purchase of tablets given to students for their online classes.
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Malapitan, along with other city officials and Department of Education Undersecretary Alain Pascua, is facing charges in the Ombudsman for allegedly purchasing 64,000 “unusable” tablets worth P320 million without proper bidding.
The case was filed by Caloocan City Councilors Christopher PJ Malonzo, Marylou Nubla at Alexander Mangasar, who is from the opposition and has publicly expressed support for the supposed mayoral aspiran…
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