Napoles, ex-DAR exec guilty in P50-M ‘ghost’ projects case

The Sandiganbayan on Friday found businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and a former official of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) guilty of malversation, in a case involving the misuse of P50 million in public funds supposedly intended for agricultural projects in Luzon. Associate Justice Sarah Jane Fernandez read the court’s Sixth Division found Napoles and former