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Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales ordered the dismissal of and filing of graft charges against Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) chair Teresita Manzala after it found prima facie evidence that she conspired with a developer closely identified with Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr to execute an alleged rigged contract. Carpio-Morales approved the recommendation and findings of the Ombudsman Field Investigation Office that Manzala and another former commissioner, Alfredo Po, are liable for graft when they entered into a sweetheart deal with New San Jose Builders Inc in 2012. The contract involved the planned transfer of the PRC office to the Victoria Towers Commercial Center in Quezon City owned by NSJBI. The company is owned and headed by businessman Jose “Jerry” Acuzar, brother-in-law of Ochoa.
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