Former Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiverri was acquitted of graft charges by the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday over the allegedly anomalous purchase of life insurance for the city's barangay officials and 'tanod.' In a 90-page decision on June 13, the antigraft court's Sixth Division also cleared Echiverri's coaccused of the graft charges, including Russel Ramirez, the former city administrator and Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) chairperson; former city accountant Edna Centeno; former city treasurer Evelina Garma; and former budget officer and BAC member Jesusa Garcia.

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