MANILA, Philippines — Former Lagayan, Abra mayor Cecilia Seares-Luna has pleaded guilty to the graft charges she is facing for misdeclaring her statements of assets, liabilities and net worth from 1998 to 2005. Luna pleaded guilty to eight counts of graft during her arraignment at the Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division on April 3. With her admission of guilt, the anti-graft court ordered Luna to pay a fine of P5,000 for each count or a total of P40,000. “There being no civil liability involved, no award of damages is made in these cases,” the sixth division ruling read. She had earlier claimed she acquired the property for only P1.9 million when its real acquisition cost was P5.9 million.

Source: Philippine Star May 18, 2019 16:00 UTC