It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption in the Philippine government.
A former policeman who was once assigned in Cebu City was shot dead while riding his bicycle along Purok 3 Valenzuela, Barangay Poblacion, Panglao, Bohol on Friday morning, August 21, 2020.
Former Police Officer 3 Ramon Bolongaita sustained gunshot wounds in different parts of his body that led to his immediate death, according to Police Lieutenant Amelito Melloria, chief of the Panglao Police Station.
Since Bolongaita had been ambushed while he was still assigned in Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) in 2015, Melloria said they will also look into that incident and find out if there is any connection between both shootings.
Former PNP officer assassinated in the early morning while riding his bike. He survived a similar assassination attempt in 2015 while still a cop.
The Commission on Audit (COA) has found that P1.83-million worth of meals served by the Bureau of Broadcast Services (BBS) – an agency under the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) – during meetings are not covered by complete documentation.
“A total of P2,356,188.46 was expended in CY 2019 for meals served during various meetings, of which P1,830,720.52 or 78 percent were not supported with documents that would show the meetings as official,” read COA’s annual audit report for 2019 that was released on Tuesday, August 18.
COA said this is contrary to Section 4.6 of the Presidential Decree No. 1445, which states that “claims against government funds shall be supported with complete documentation,” and COA Circular No. 2012-001 that prescribes that all types of disbursements must be supported with sufficient and relevant documents to establish the validity of claims.
“Thus, their legality and reasonableness could not be validated,” the commission added.
PCOO spent P1.83 million on for for meetings that were not properly documented.
A barangay councilor who was tagged as a supporter of an Islamic State-inspired local terrorist group was killed while several bomb-making materials were recovered in separate raids in Polomolok town, South Cotabato, on Friday.
Lt. Col. Alex Joe Orcjada, chief of the Polomolok municipal police station, said suspect Basit Piang Canapia was killed in a shootout with joint operatives past 5 a.m. in Purok 1, Barangay Rubber.
Canapia, an incumbent councilor of Barangay Rubber, resisted arrest during a search operation at his home for possession of illegal drugs or violation of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Orcjada said.
Orcjada said the suspect suddenly drew a handgun and opened fire, triggering a brief shootout with the operating team composed of elements from intelligence and operation units of the Police Regional Office-12, South Cotabato police, and the Army Special Forces.
Canapia was fatally wounded in the encounter and declared dead upon arrival at the Polomolok municipal hospital, the police official said.
“He was included in our drug watchlist and came out in our investigation as a supporter of the Nilong sub-group of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan group,” Orcajada said in an interview.
He said the group was engaged in drug trafficking and other criminal activities in Polomolok and the neighboring areas.
A barangay councilor who supported local terrorists which engaged in drug trafficking has been shot dead.
A total of 437 local officials and their civilian conspirators are now facing criminal complaints while 626 others are under investigation by the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group for alleged anomalies in the payouts of the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday said that of the 437 individuals, 203 are elected public officials, including a municipal mayor, city or municipal councilors, barangay captains, barangay kagawads, Sangguniang Kabataan chairpersons and SK councilors.
Another 102 are barangay and city personnel, including barangay secretaries, treasurers, health workers, homeowners’ association officers, purok leaders, city or municipal social welfare and development officers, SAP enumerators and day care teachers. The remaining 132 are civilians.
Are these new complaints? Nothing new about corrupt officials though.
A police officer assigned at the Bocaue Municipal Police Station was arrested for alleged involvement in robbery-extortion activities in Bulacan, the anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday.
Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group chief, Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee, said Master Sgt. David Gatchalian was arrested in front of his residence along Mendoza St., Barangay Lulomboy in Bocaue around 6:54 p.m. Saturday in an entrapment operation.
“We have received information regarding the practice of the suspect to threaten known drug personalities and demand cash in exchange of protection for their illegal activities," Lee said in a statement.
Another PNP officer busted for extortion.
A village chief who was arrested by police on Monday in Libon town in Albay province is facing charges for obstruction of justice for allegedly welcoming members of a notorious crime gang into his home, a report said Tuesday.
Arrested was Arturo Madronero, 55, the incumbent chief of Barangay Molosbolos, Police Captain Dexter Panganiban, Albay police spokesperson, said.
The suspect is facing obstruction of justice complaint after he allegedly allowed members of the Concepcion Criminal Group to stay in his residence after an attack against policemen who were about to serve a warrant of arrest to several of their members seeking refuge in Barangay Molosbolos last June.
A barangay councilor is charged with harboring criminals in his own home after they attacked policemen who were attempting to arrest members of their group.
A former barangay official in Quezon City and his son, who is infected with COVID-19, will face criminal complaints because they allegedly violated the community quarantine health protocols, the local government said Tuesday.
Quezon City Barangay Community Relations Department head Ricky Corpuz said the former barangay kagawad or councilman, whose name was withheld, interacted with neighbors despite being a suspected virus carrier.
(We just found out that this man did not follow rules because he went outside of his home and even interacted with his neighbors even as results of his and his son’s swab test are yet released.)
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the son tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, after having a drinking session with a COVID-19-infected individual. This, she noted, prompted the local government to enforce a total lockdown of the former barangay kagawad’s family home.
“The family has been ordered to undergo quarantine while waiting for the result of their swab tests, but he failed to comply,” Belmonte said in a statement.
Ex-barangay official charged with not following quarantine protocols.
Authorities in Pasig City have begun replacing floor tiles at a wet market, which have been the subject of resident complaints for 12 years, Mayor Vico Sotto said Tuesday.
The tile replacement at the Pasig Mega Market started at the meat section, Sotto said on his Facebook and Twitter pages.
"After 12 years!! Nasimulan nang palitan ang nirereklamo niyong madulas na tiles sa palengke," he said.
(The replacement for the slippery tiles at the market has started.)
The Manila City government is so inutile and worthless that it took 12 years for them to finally act on the complaints about the floor tiles at Pasig Mega Market.
A retired policeman and his son were killed by still unidentified assailants as they alighted from a bus in front of the cathedral in Palo town, Leyte province early on Tuesday (Aug. 25).
Pio Peñaflor and his son, Alphy, residents of Mag-aso village in Jaro town, also in Leyte, suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
According to the Eastern Visayas police, the two had disembarked from a bus around 7:20 a.m. when the perpetrators on board a sports utility vehicle fired at them using still unknown calibers of firearms.
Another retired PNP officer assassinated. Why does this happen so often?
A PhilHealth regional office turned into a “nightclub”?
But this was how a Senate report described one of the many “shenanigans” among errant officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).
In an online interview with reporters on Tuesday, Senator Richard Gordon presented the Senate blue ribbon committee report containing the findings of its 2019 investigation into the alleged fraud and corruption within the state-run health insurer.
According to the report, a PhilHealth regional vice president supposedly received a “gift” from his staff members during a surprise birthday party. And this gift was a female sexy dancer.
Gordon presented a video snip showing PhilHealth Regional Vice President for Region 4-B Paolo Johann Perez, sitting on an office chair and surrounded by his colleagues, while a scantily clad woman danced in front of him.
“On his birthday, Perez received a gift, an enormous box, in his office. A girl, dressed in nothing but her underwear, danced and gyrated provocatively in front of Perez,” the committee report read.
“Perez enjoyed the performance and was seen smiling in the video. He did not prevent the incident, or report and issue any reprimand to the employees who brought the girl,” he added.
Perez is among the members Gordon had tagged as part of the “real mafia” operating in PhilHealth.
What happened to a card signed by everyone in the office and some cake and other snacks during lunchtime?
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