Sandiganbayan suspends Pampanga mayor tied to Malampaya fund scam

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has ordered the 90-day preventive suspension of Candaba, Pampanga Mayor Rene Maglanque in connection with graft and malversation charges tied to the alleged P900-million Malampaya fund scam. In a six-page resolution dated January 19, the anti-graft court’s Special Third Division directed Maglanque to cease and desist from “further performing and/or