Ex-QC mayor Bautista cleared of graft in connection with solar project

MANILA, Philippines — Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has been cleared of graft charges by the Sandiganbayan in connection with the city government’s P25.34-million solar power project in 2019. During the case’s promulgation on Friday, the Sandiganbayan Third Division said the prosecution failed “to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt” in the procurement of