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Wednesday, July 09, 2003
School principal charged in court
LINGAYEN -- Charges have been filed against Dr. Conrado Estrada, principal of the Padilla Elementary School (PES), for estafa and forgery here.
Supt. Rodolfo Concepcion, municipal chief of police, said a case of violation of the anti-graft and corrupt practices act would also be filed before the Ombudsman against Estrada.
The cases stemmed from the complaint of Melanie Domagas-Sison, 31, a resident of Sto. Niņo Street, this town.
Sison said Estrada demanded P25, 000 so she could secure a teaching position at the PES.
Concepcion said the several certificates that Estrada signed constitute forgery and a certain Sarah Fernandez already filed a complaint.
"We are still contacting the persons whose signature was faked to strengthen the case we filed," he said.
Among the documents that the principal signed included certificates of training at Computronix College, at the Civil Service Commission regional office, at another school in this town, at a non-existent school and at the Service Education Center.
Sison said the documents would make her appear most qualified among 10 other applicants for the position.
The police chief said as the fake certificates had been signed in front of Sison triggered fear in her that she might be involved in the irregularity so she went to the police station to complain and asked that her money refunded.
"I asked a policeman to go to the suspect and, perhaps, due to fear he might be charged, he returned the money," he said.
In her affidavit, Sison said she started applying as teacher of the school since mid-June last year.
She was required to undergo written and oral examinations, the result of which showed she ranked fifth among the 11 applicants. Due to the assurance that she would get the position, she paid P25, 000 on February this year.
Some of the other applicants also reportedly paid but did not want to go into the open "fear of reprisal," the police chief said.
"We are still conducting further investigation and gathering more evidence to know how wide and deep the case is," he said.
Estrada also filed a countercharge against Sison.
But Concepcion said the municipal police had not received the countercharge.
"The suspect could have filed the case directly with the court," he opined. FPM
(July 9, 2003 issue)
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