Jocelyn Bolante

Jocelyn Bolante
Undersecretary for Finance and Administration of the Department of Agriculture
In office
2001 – September 6, 2004
PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Personal details
Born
Joecelyn Isada Bolante

(1939-08-09) August 9, 1939 (age 85)
Political partyUgyon Kita Capiz (2010)
OccupationPolitician
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Isada and the surname or paternal family name is Bolante.

Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Isada Bolante (born August 27, 1951[1]) is a Filipino politician who formerly served as an Undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines. He was implicated by the Philippine Senate to the ongoing investigation related to corruption concerning fertilizer funding while serving as a government official. Bolante left the Philippines on December 11, 2005. He returned to the Philippines on October 28, 2008, after being detained at an immigration office in the United States.[2][3][4] The corruption related to fertilizer funds was exposed when news broke that a Filipino journalist, Marlene Garcia-Esperat (who was from Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines), was killed on March 24, 2005.

  1. ^ Joc Joc Bolante: A Capizeño, Capiznon.wordpress.com, January 22, 2009
  2. ^ Arrival statement of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante, ABS-CBNNews.com, October 28, 2008
  3. ^ Jocelyn Bolante Returned to the Philippines, October 30, 2008
  4. ^ Depasupil, William B.Joc-Joc takes case to CA, His son urges court to stop arrest order Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, ManilaTimes.net, November 4, 2008