Two traffic enforcers and a Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) employee are the alleged suspects of the anomaly, a breach of procedure in the issuance of the pedicab driver's license after the investigation of the San Carlos City Police Office (SCCPO). The head investigator is Deputy Inspector Victorino Romanillos.
Based on the initial investigation, SPO3 Roylin Bahinting, chief of SCCPO, traffic division said the two traffic enforcers are Jose Carballo of Barangay San Juan, Sipaway Island and Richard Alcover of Ylagan Street, Barangay VI.
"The BPLO employee suspect is Winnie Bellester, in charge of the BPLO releasing section in the pedicab operation," said Cristina Combate, the BPLO head/Licensing Officer IV - BPLO- Designate.
"Carballo and Alcover are suspended from work [since] last March 8 and Bellester is advised not to report until the case is resolved and further notice from the City Mayor [is released],” Combate told NRWP in an interview.
According to Bahinting, the two enforcers offered Jose Rommel Cañas, a pedicab operator, that he could secure ID cards for pedicab drives P 350. The said illicit ID cards were made by Bellester in the BPLO.
Combate said that the ID cards are not valid because they do not have the License Official Receipt (OR) number and the pedicab drivers failed to pass the requirements such as barangay clearance, police clearance, health certificate and traffic seminar.
"Drivers need to pay at the City Treasurer's Office (CTO) for fees and taxes and not directly pay to the BPLO employee" she added.
Actions made
Combate, the BPLO head, after reading the article from the NewsRecord about this irregularity, conducted an ambush inspection of Pedicab Driver's licenses last March 7 and found out that some drivers really don't have the Official License OR number.
One of the victim drivers is Rhowel Baring, 26, a resident of Remedies Street, said "Giingnan ra ko sa usa ka traffic enforcer nga kung mukuha ko ug lisensya, ana sya nga mubayad ko ug P 350, dayon makuha ra nako paghuman sa usa ka semana."
To resolve the problem, the pedicab driver's licenses were retrieved for authentication. Combate said that the ID will be validated by the Licensing Division and the Pedicab drivers can use the temporary ID dated valid from March 9 to 16.
Before or on the 16, the genuine IDs will be returned and those who were victims need to undergo the true process of getting the license, and they need to submit requirements and pay at the CTO for fees and taxes.
The three suspects are still under investigation. Charges are being prepared against them is not yet clear because the BPLO still need to pass a written report to the City Mayor.
No comments:
Post a Comment