CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—False reports that Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio has been ousted through a recount had spread among Capitol employees in quarry checkpoints, prompting some to commit supposed violations while at work.
At least 11 checkers were given a forced day-off this week to give them time to submit explanations on why they allowed some haulers to take truckloads of sand without presenting any receipts of the P150-tax and P150 administrative fee paid to the provincial government, provincial administrator Vivian Dabu said.
“Some of them said that since Among Ed was leaving the Capitol last December they might as well not collect from truckers,” Dabu said in an interview.
Only one has so far been reconsidered for employment.
The Second Division of the Commission on Elections conducted the recount based on the case filed by Panlilio’s closest rival, former Provincial Board Member Lilia Pineda.
The division head, Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, has given no new date for promulgation, with Panlilio’s supporters taking that as the division’s way of easing the tension drawn from the decisions it made in the case of Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca and Bulacan Gov. Joselito Mendoza.
Like them, Panlilio is also a member of the Liberal Party.
Pineda said that she has never mentioned any possible date about her assumption as governor. “There is still no decision so I cannot make presumptions if I’m the winner or when I will be installed as governor,” she said in Filipino.
Meantime, the contracts of eight other quarry checkers were not renewed for abandonment of post without advice, Dabu said.
The quarry committee is still assessing how much income was lost to the provincial government because of the violations made on the heels of wrong recount reports.
As of Jan. 22, quarry revenues under the Panlilio administration have reached P531.378 million. This is so far the highest on record, besting the P151 million during the 11-year reign of the Lapids at the Capitol and the P395 million during the three years that the Natural Resources Development Corp. of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources collected quarry taxes on behalf of Pampanga.
Dabu said that in curbing irregularities in the field, Panlilio’s office has axed less than 100 employees.
“Aside from requiring quarry operators to pay at the provincial treasurer’s office, we have had no stops in fixing the system. We review and revise [the system] every two months, rotating our personnel every 15 days to avoid familiarity.
The Pampanga government is a Galing Pook awardee for what the board calls efficient system in the collection of taxes and fees from Mt. Pinatubo’s sand.
At least 11 checkers were given a forced day-off this week to give them time to submit explanations on why they allowed some haulers to take truckloads of sand without presenting any receipts of the P150-tax and P150 administrative fee paid to the provincial government, provincial administrator Vivian Dabu said.
“Some of them said that since Among Ed was leaving the Capitol last December they might as well not collect from truckers,” Dabu said in an interview.
Only one has so far been reconsidered for employment.
The Second Division of the Commission on Elections conducted the recount based on the case filed by Panlilio’s closest rival, former Provincial Board Member Lilia Pineda.
The division head, Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, has given no new date for promulgation, with Panlilio’s supporters taking that as the division’s way of easing the tension drawn from the decisions it made in the case of Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca and Bulacan Gov. Joselito Mendoza.
Like them, Panlilio is also a member of the Liberal Party.
Pineda said that she has never mentioned any possible date about her assumption as governor. “There is still no decision so I cannot make presumptions if I’m the winner or when I will be installed as governor,” she said in Filipino.
Meantime, the contracts of eight other quarry checkers were not renewed for abandonment of post without advice, Dabu said.
The quarry committee is still assessing how much income was lost to the provincial government because of the violations made on the heels of wrong recount reports.
As of Jan. 22, quarry revenues under the Panlilio administration have reached P531.378 million. This is so far the highest on record, besting the P151 million during the 11-year reign of the Lapids at the Capitol and the P395 million during the three years that the Natural Resources Development Corp. of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources collected quarry taxes on behalf of Pampanga.
Dabu said that in curbing irregularities in the field, Panlilio’s office has axed less than 100 employees.
“Aside from requiring quarry operators to pay at the provincial treasurer’s office, we have had no stops in fixing the system. We review and revise [the system] every two months, rotating our personnel every 15 days to avoid familiarity.
The Pampanga government is a Galing Pook awardee for what the board calls efficient system in the collection of taxes and fees from Mt. Pinatubo’s sand.
