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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Friday, April 28, 2017
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ILOILO CITY – Iloilo provincial government employees face suspension and charges for the alleged non-remittance of revenues generated by the Iloilo Sports Complex.
“There is no iota of doubt that probable cause exist” against the two for “acts in violation of administrative rules in the conduct of their respective functions,” read part of the fact-finding investigation result conducted by the Provincial Legal Office (PLO) on Nolie De la Peña, administrative officer 1, and Randy Olmido, administrative assistant 1.
Located in Barangay Magsasay, La Pas district, the Iloilo Sports Complex is a multiuse stadium. It is supposed to generate funds from rentals.
The sports complex has an Olympic-size swimming pool, a track oval, a soccer field, two volleyball courts, two basketball courts, two tennis courts, and four badminton courts.
An indoor gymnasium is located 200 meters away from the main site.
The fact-finding committee chaired by Atty. Edgar Claudio Sumido recommended the following actions:
* filing of administrative charges of serious dishonesty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of service as prescribed in the Revised Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service
* preventive suspension for 60 days pending a formal investigation pursuant to Section 85 of the Local Government Code of 1991
* The daily remittance of Iloilo Sports Complex’s collection should be strictly observed to deter and avoid misuse of public funds.
According to PLO chief Atty. Dennis Ventilacion, his office was readying the formal charges as well as the order preventively suspending the two employees.
Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. expressed intention to sign the recommendations of the fact-finding committee, said Ventilacion.
“After the formal charges are approved by the governor, we will issue a preventive suspension order against De la Peña and Olmido. Formal investigation will follow,” Ventilacion told capitol reporters.
In August 2015 a certain Leo Guerrero emailed Provincial Administrator Raul Banias urging the provincial government to investigate the alleged non-remittance of the sports complex’s revenues to the province’s coffers.
After receiving the email, Banias directed former sports complex administrator Francisco Heler to conduct an “initial investigation.”
The governor eventually tasked the PLO to conduct a fact-finding investigation.
The sports complex is currently headed by Dr. Janelyn Fundal. Heler is now the chief of the Public Employment Services Office./PN
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