THE Sandiganbayan's Third Division has convicted former Isabela governor Maria Gracia Cielo "Grace" Padaca of graft and of malversation.

In a decision promulgated on Friday morning, the court sentenced Padaca from 12 years up to 14 years in prison in the malversation case and fined her P18 million.

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