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Saturday, November 19, 2005
Prov'l treasurer, assistant disappear
By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan
THE mystery deepens behind the tax fund malversation brouhaha at the Negros Occidental Provincial Treasurer's Office (PTO).
This is because, aside from the 11 employees allegedly involved in the issue, who have "vanished" after the case was discovered, their direct superiors were also nowhere to be found.
With this, Governor Joseph Marañon Friday ordered Provincial Administrator Enrique Pinongan and Provincial Legal Officer Mary Ann Manayon-Lamis to seriously look into the "disappearance" of provincial treasurer Nilda Generoso and her assistant, Dolores Cordero.
Personnel from the PTO would not even issue any comment on the reason why Generoso and Cordero also filed their leave of absences.
The governor earlier ordered the immediate relief of Silvestra Bocol, Clerk II; Shiela Lopez, Revenue Collection Officer I; Charlotte Maligmat, Licensing Inspector II; Nanette Escarda, Clerk II; Jasmine Fegidero and Ma. Amparo Mariam Puentespina, Tomas del Rosario, Salome Adan and Elvira Perelra, all assigned at the PTO; and Felicito Gonzalez, Administrative Officer II; Joseph Cabarles, Storekeeper I -- Designate Collecting Office from the Don Salvador Benedicto District Hospital in La Carlota City while they were being probed.
Marañon earlier ordered a probed on the allegations that said employees were involved in the malversation of Capitol funds.
The money was believed to be from the taxpayers' remittances that summed up to almost a million pesos.
But prior to the governor's order, the subjects have already filed their respective leave of absences.
Based on COA's findings after the October 3, 2005 audit, the following allegedly incurred cash shortages: Bocol with P296,626; Portal -- P161,830; Maligmat -- P153,242; Escarda -- P59,510; Fegidero -- P29,265; Puentespina -- P71,391; Gonzalez -- P68,446 and Cabarles -- P100,052.52.
Del Rosario and Adan's names were not mentioned on COA's report.
Perelra, on the other hand, had been fined for a previous offense and has not been working at the office since then.
Marañon said the probe would also be based on the COA's observation reports and recommendations.
Only when the report is through would the governor render appropriate action but as for now, he said, he just want "all provisions of the law to be explored."
However, if the alleged subjects of the probe would not cooperate, Marañon said, he would have to recommended for their dismissal from service.
(November 19, 2005 issue)
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