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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
60 firms victimized by fake permits syndicate
At least 60 business establishments have been victimized by the reported fake business permits syndicate inside Cebu City Hall.
Lawyer Renan Oliva, supervising agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7, said they are investigating the incidents individually.
Oliva is now looking into the circumstances behind the issuance of the Sept. 2, 2005 permit to Anson Uy of Banilad Auto Parts.
The NBI, last Oct. 27, filed charges of falsification of official documents and violations of the anti-graft and corrupt practices act against two City Hall “insiders” - Remberto “Buloy” Cabigon and one Sherwin Baguio - after they were tagged as the ones who facilitated the release of the fake business permit, dated June 1, 2005, to Nolsie Trading.
Charges
“If we can determine that the permits came from the same source, then we will file another set of charges against these people. If it appears that this came from another source, then we will identify who these people are and file charges against them,” he said.
It’s going to be a long investigation. This is still case number two.
Banilad Auto Parts is a general merchandising shop offering automotive spare parts and accessories.
It is located near the Banilad Barangay Hall and was ordered closed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña last Oct. 7, a day after its business permit certificate was confiscated by people from the Cebu City Treasurer’s Office for being fraudulent.
Certificate
The certificate was of the same form and substance of the documents the treasurer’s office issues, but the signatures appearing above the names of Acting City Treasurer Tessie Camarillo and business permit section head Elisa Gonzales were supposedly forged.
The bureau, Oliva revealed, has written Romeo Varona of the PNP Regional Crime Laboratory for assistance in analyzing the signatures appearing in the permit certificate and specimens submitted by Gonzales, Sandra Po and Evangeline Bondoc.
Cabigon is a former data controller III with City Hall’s Management Information and Computer System (Mics). He was dismissed in January 2004 for going absent without official leave.
Baguio is still with the Mics as a data controller I.
Cabigon is alleged to be the fixer who prepared the business permit application of Nolsie Trading, while Baguio reportedly had the fake permit printed.
It is not yet known if Uy of the Banilad Auto Parts, like Noslie Trading, hired the services of a fixer to get his business permit released.
But Uy, in a previous interview, expressed his intent to assist in any investigation over the bogus business permit syndicate supposedly in operation at City Hall. (KNR)
(November 23, 2005 issue)
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