Corella town hall in the province of Bohol | PHOTO: wikimedia commons TAGBILARAN CITY — The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the conviction of former Corella town mayor in Bohol and now incumbent councilor Vito Beltran Rapal over his unliquidated cash advances and for pocketing money intended for tarsier preservation. In a 15-page decision promulgated on Aug. 16, 2023 but uploaded on the Supreme Court website on Sept. 28, the high court's first division reaffirmed the decision of Sandiganbayan's 4th division that found Rapal guilty of four counts of graft, estafa and failure to render accounts.

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