The Office of the Ombudsman has actually purchased the preventive suspension of 5 engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan First District Engineering Office for 6 months.
This remains in light of the continuous examination into their declared participation in the anomalous P188 million worth of flood control jobs in Baliuag, Bulacan.
The preventive suspension order covered DPWH task engineers Irene Ontingco, Kevin Geronimo, John Michael Ramos, Bernardo Villafuerte, and Michelle Cruz, pending the resolution of administrative cases versus them declaring serious misbehavior, major dishonesty, and gross disregard of task in connection with the building of strengthened concrete slope revetments in Barangays Piel, San Roque, and Sulivan in Baliuag, Bulacan.
“To facilitate the implementation of the contracts and the disbursement of public funds, complainant maintains that respondents falsified documents relating to contract implementation, inspection, acceptance, billing and payment to create the false impression that the contractual and legal prerequisites had been satisfied,” the order read.
“The Ombudsman discovered adequate premises to think that the accusations versus the participants were supported by strong proof at this phase of the procedures. Enabling the participants to stay in their positions might bias the continuous examination, especially as they might have access to or custody of files and other proof pertinent to the case,” the Ombudsman included.
The administrative problem submitted versus the participants by Ombudsman district attorneys declared that they falsified files associated with the application, examination, approval, billing, and payment of the tasks to make it appear that legal and legal requirements had actually been adhered to.
“The preventive suspension was similarly considered essential to maintain proof and avoid possible additional impropriety or misfeasance in workplace while the administrative procedures are continuous,” the Ombudsman included.
Consisted of in the administrative grievance are previous Bulacan officer-in-charge district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez, previous assistant district engineer Jaypee Mendoza, previous agreement claims system head Arjay Domasig, and previous accounting professional Juanito Mendoza, who are currently in prison over malversation and graft cases including the P92.8 million Pandi, Bulacan flood control job.
The preventive suspension for those currently in prison has actually been rendered moot after they have actually been separated from service.
The prayer for the preventive suspension of DPWH engineer Norberto Santos and administrative officer Floralyn Simbulan was also rendered moot following their detention in Quezon City and Bulacan.
DPWH previous administrative officer Evelyn De Jesus and previous engineer Ernesto Galang have actually currently retired from service, while previous products engineer Vicente Calderon and previous job engineer Merg Jaron Laus have actually resigned in 2026, rendering the suspension versus them moot.
Apart from the administrative case, the participants likewise deal with criminal grievances with the Office of the Ombudsman.
GMA News Online has actually connected to DPWH Region 3 for remark and will release it as quickly as it is provided.— LDF, GMA News
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