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==State auditor in Sarangani fund scam among national finalists for CSC’s Dangal ng Bayan award== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370820 | |||
*Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 2:19 pm | |||
:by (PNA) LAP/FFC/AVE/AC | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 6 (PNA) – A government auditor who helped uncover an P18.3-million fund scam at the Sarangani provincial government eight years ago was chosen by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) as among the national finalists for this year’s prestigious "Dangal ng Bayan" Award. | |||
Grace Saqueton, CSC Region 12 director, said auditor Helen Cailing of the Commission on Audit (COA)-Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao landed in the final list of nominees in the 2011 Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees. | |||
She said the award recognizes government officials and employees “who have manifested exemplary conduct and noteworthiness of public service and consistent demonstration of extraordinary ethical behavior on the basis of the norm of conduct of a public servant.” | |||
Aside from Cailing, Saqueton said two Region 12 nominees - Army Col. Jose Kakila of the Joint Task Force GenSan and Police Officer 3 Girlie Gay Saniado of the General Santos City Police Office – were earlier named semifinalists in the award's Presidential Lingkod Bayan and Pagasa categories, respectively. | |||
Saqueton said Cailing, who is employed as COA State Auditor IV, presently heads the agency’s special audit team in Sarangani province. | |||
A report released by CSC-Region 12 cited that Cailing already filed 30 cases of alleged fund misuse against various public officials in line with her work as state auditor. | |||
It said 12 of the cases have already been elevated to the Sandiganbayan while 18 others are currently pending at a Regional Trial Court and at the Office of the Ombudsman. | |||
In 2003, Cailing’s audit team discovered alleged fund releases made by the provincial government of Sarangani for “ghost” or fictitious development projects of several non-government organizations, people’s organizations and local government units in the province. | |||
The alleged “fraudulent and illegal” fund releases, which were made under the watch of then Gov. Miguel Escobar, reached some P16.106 million. | |||
Among the cases that were elevated to the Sandiganbayan was the financial assistance amounting to P2.246 million released by the provincial government of Sarangani to supposed local cooperatives, whose officials and members were mostly government personnel and close relatives of some officials of the local government. | |||
Saqueton said that as a national finalist, Cailing will receive a Dangal ng Bayan award and cash incentive of P200,000 in a ceremony slated at the Malacanang Palace. | |||
“We don’t pay them for being good but we emphasize the best impact of being good examples to their fellow government employees,” she said. | |||
Saqueton stressed that the annual search mainly highlights the importance on rendering good public service by all government workers. | |||
==Wage hike in Region 12 unlikely until prescription expires, says DOLE exec== | ==Wage hike in Region 12 unlikely until prescription expires, says DOLE exec== | ||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370575 | *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370575 | ||
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Tango earlier said the compliance of employers in the region on the proper wage rates was on a downtrend, pegging it at 72.40 percent in 2010 and 67.15 percent in the first semester of 2011. | Tango earlier said the compliance of employers in the region on the proper wage rates was on a downtrend, pegging it at 72.40 percent in 2010 and 67.15 percent in the first semester of 2011. | ||
==Gensan councilor now stable after shooting incident== | ==Gensan councilor now stable after shooting incident== | ||