Former North Cotabato Mayor, nine others facing graft charges

Former Banisilan Mayor Betty Allado. Allado now sits as the Municipal Vice Mayor.

MANILA, Philippines—The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the filing of a graft case against former Binansilan town Mayor Betty Allado and nine other government employees.

The Ombudsman found probable cause to charge former Mayor Betty Allado of Banisilan, Cotabato, with violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019) for irregularities in the procurement of consultancy services in 2012.

Also included as co-accused are members of the Bids and Awards Committee, Jaime Alisasis, Ramil Jayma, Marietta Nonan, Ramon Capanang, Carmencita Bari, Andres Serue, Raymond Franco, Jornalito Allado, Hilario Cabangon. Noel Bryan Tuling, manager of JK Engineering and Design and Consultancy Services was also included in the indictment before the Sandiganbayan.

The case stemmed from the non-compliance of the bidding procedure over a water system project.

The Ombdusman noted that in 2012, the municipality of Banisilan became the beneficiary of the “Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat” program of the national government and was granted P7million for its implementation.

As the Mayor then, Allado, along with other members of the Bids and Awards Commottee facilitated the procurement of consultancy services for the water project. However, respondents failed to present proof that they complied with the requirements of the Government Procurement Reform Act.

The investigators found out bidding irregularities such as non-posting of the invitation to bid, discrepancies regarding the dates of opening of bids and deliberation of BAC, and a deficient invitation to bid were noted by Ombudsman investigators.

The consultancy services project was awarded to JK Engineering.

The Ombudsman also ordered charged were Noel Bryan Tuling, manager of JK Engineering and Design and Consultancy Services.

In its Resolution, the Ombudsman stated that “the foregoing contradictions prove that no competitive bidding transpired in the procurement of consultancy services.” -Newsline.ph

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