Manila, Dec. 17 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday said that two cases filed against Sara Discaya and engineers from the Department of Public Works and Highways in Davao Occidental were transferred to the regional trial court (RTC) in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

In a message to reporters, SC spokesperson Camille Ting said this is in accordance with the Court's guidelines directing that corruption-related cases arising from infrastructure projects "must be forwarded to the nearest designated anti-graft court of the nearest judicial region."

"The determination of the nearest judicial region shall be made by the presiding or executive judge concerned," Ting said.

The SC previously designated several RTCs to handle anti-graft cases.

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