Social worker denies asking for P10

     A social worker who acts a Local Government Link for the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) admitted that she is the one referred to in NewsRecord's banner story April 6 to 13, 2012 edition.

                Juliet Abante told NRWP in a requested interview that she is the one referred to by one source as "Ma'am Juliet."

                Abante however denied the accusations of the source, who is only named "Maria," that she collected P 10 from beneficiaries in Barangay  Palampas for the snacks of social workers and Land Bank of the Philippines-San Carlos Branch employees. "Dili gyud ko mo-admit. Sila [beneficiaries] na na ang ga-amot. Wala koy labot. Ilaha nang dynamics," she said.

                She explained that in the case of Sitio Tunga, Barangay Palampas the parent-leader Jenalyn Ocal, 33, has to spend roughly P 80 to attend the monthly meetings held at the Palampas Barangay Center in Sitio Pamahauan. Beneficiaries under Ocal's leadership would voluntarily contribute for her fare.

                Ocal also defended the social worker and said, "Pila na sya diri [sa Palampas] ka bulan. Wala gyud ni sya nangayo'g amot." She however admitted that sometimes she and fellow beneficiaries would share their farm's products to Abante and the latter would sometimes refuse.

                Meanwhile, the 4Ps Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office is now validating the accusations cited in NRWP's story.