17 December 1980['l IN IS TRY ORDEf1 )

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SU8JECT: Creation of a Committee to Inves-~~~s.a t£" A11 89 89. .n.nO:riiafresCom~rIr89in the BR8DPO.~j O.

)( - - - - - - XIn the interest of the service and pursuant to the provi-

sions of 3cction 79 (8 & C) of the Revised Administrative Code,as amended, there is hereby created a Committee to investigatereports of alleged anomalies as contained in the attached 1et-te~ of a certain Gloria U. Demafelix, and in the November 28,1980 Issue of rJewspapeF' "Balalong". The Committee shall becomposed of the following:

Atty. r~anuel B. Grillo ••..•..•••.••Mr. Orlando 3. Montero •..•••..•.••.A representative of the COA ..•..••.

Chairman1'1ember

II

The Investigating Committee is furth~r authorized tocall upon any official, personnel or unit of the Office ofthe Minister and the offices under it, and other witnessesby subpoena and SUbpoena duces tecum, to administer oathand to take testimony relevant to the Lnv ast i qat Lo.n ,

Mr. Conrado C. Cordova, also of this Ministry, shallact as stenographer in said investigation.

Traveling and other incidental expenses to be incurredtherewith shall be chargeable against the funds of thisMinistry, subject to the usual accounting and auditing re-. .)..

nu a r aman ••s ,

Report of investigation shall be submitted to thefviinistry .

This Order shall take effect immediately.

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I am you herewi t.h1ssue of t.he "Bal a long'", a

from the November 28,published the Ci

to meProgram

and I carnecl aims to

no legal reasons 1 except; to come across a certainisnorlols cut in contract 0

rcul arDevelopment

:£01' t.he

Ltem about Bicolan employee of a finn

of the gripes of curOl1.Y are be111g

that our Projectsum 0 f money as

1 find it hard to belthought OUT Proj eetto delay payment of our bonuses

this and , as a matter of fact , I11'35 only this as an excuse

1Vitli article in Ba.l.a.l.ong, I am convinced of the corruption.isnorno and cohor ts and, accordingly, I am requesting your

in denouncing cornrpt officials.

1 believe that newspapermenlistened to by OUT governmentexample , than for ordinary citizen

generally, f ind :Lt cas tos Trke Minister .Jurni.o , for

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t 11-;C lTIC"

For fear of possible from people concerned, I wouldrequest to please name unt it becomes absolutelynecessary and I am some assurance no harm, of whatever

".;i11 CCDTleto me on account t.his letter.

truly yours 1

cc. ; Alfredo L. .Jui.n 10of Pub} \'lor1:.s

1,1 a 11 J 1 a

226 Pangui.o St.ree tCatchalian SubdivisionParafiaque 1 Metro Mani.La

the Region and the Nation

art II'obvious trameup"-motionat outburst,to ' inquire deeper:,(Ory that a man.ha military was a'lpHcating papersloand in his cada-n page 4)

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At least 6 time.

the circulation

of any Rico'

weetdYt more

pages. more new.and commentl

Basin brass very expens·veTop officers of the Bicol pesos per month from their !\fonday to Sunday in the

river- basin development so-called 'Incentive, travel, most fraudulent manner:'program, including Acting office and performance al. The same Informant fing_Program Director Camilo lowances' aside from 1nd1v1_ ered Baltsnomo nne! his SIJ.b4

Balisnomo, were denounced dual gasoline allowances of ordinates c-. Feltzardo Alar.the other day as "the most P500 a day. kon, Perfecto B:ragal~.expensive ernp\()Yees of our The Balalong informant, Jr., M&reelo Samson O"Q~government today:' . who asked that his name fre Alajo!.', !)elirQ Olano

In a signed letter to the be withheld ~or fear of be. and Peter J~.lmamll _ asBalalong, a BRBDP em- ing harmed, called the ex- "the people who burn P15,~ployee .reported tb~ Bali$. eesstve gas allowances as 000 each, all for nothing."nomo and (\ ot:bar officers the most 'chlUing' as these Ttwse "expensive D!U3DPare gettinij "th61Mtands of are used "every day from (Contim~ on page 2)

,Girl in casedisappears

The widow of Naga businessma Lazaro (Ro-bert) Lee ..- Mrs. Rita Buena Lee -- appealed 'Yes-terday to Presidcmt Marcos and Defense MinisterJuan Ponce Enrile for an impartial inves~ation oft~(r,death of her husband at the hands of PC ·soldiers.

cel·"fn·! 'tlico~r tuv,:

g10'll. Tl~ kme 8ico/Q,Jt(I Cam:l'l€t (fJficfo,l aj·. t~ the briefing {Jat1il as·~ural!ce of the tradeministry's $tlPl)011 for the de've:lcpnumt Ofcl()8er iJ~foI'1llIJ..ti.on linkage between gQ~tem·ment agenete tmd the people.

~e died fl'QID one bullet;UU'\J. ~he head MOll day~UWjt {.~"ovemDer 2~) ail;jan Fel'l'UW(1o town In an.inddi?Ilt lihn>Udc';' ""iLt!mJ~t\'lry allQ ;yt, \;0; b~!f~,}.

\ €lqlllllned Ci}>t :tnUitJ,.yIl', 1>r,~", '; \

"" r .nC <:<>mnumd,m()i:'~ timf. 72 ~hol,U's afterthe killing. 11.45 not receivedtulY torrua.l wrLtten report}'et fl\).111 .PC officers assign,Dct to a IIpeclal strike f(j~·(.'f~

that fig\u'tXi in the incidentH was ~<ud. •

However, a verbal inter.

40 0 RHO view by ~he Bala10ng with,. Col. Wilfredo vmanueva,build · PC provincial commander,'fHD i-It Ul logS ~::ed the follOWing ver, -

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On November 22, Nand1im.or::p.l.i(i mlil PC that thePaS/l.cao w~g fl!<:tNov./,c'mlie.'r 27 Wai J.'('SQt earlie!'Cor NVVef.\lPe!: 24. l:i'rOlo<IUs jllfon11l.f.l:UOJ4. tre PCJ(jt Uy Il ~nH Iltril«!lrfj,;(:t ••t the '.\'/1 ~ Jwle-tion at Pa.:ftIpl<aia ;W"t~.

On the nIg.ln of Nu",ero.bel' 24. between 9 and 10pJn •• t\ Miruqa co.l:rung fromPasacao "PaJO\!ed t1n'i)\igU"the Tambo checkpoint, \:on"sisting of a wnp truck anda r'ord .Fiera parkled ac-ross therol.l.d.

The Mlnka sped towardsthe d1tection Cif Nra~a, atwhich, the dump truck andFord Fiera ~~ve ch1!i:'!e. Fr>-

small car WfJ,!' nv:~ j -

fUmeS, '-" Linnezdrinks (PI,-

idez Club," (J>848.65);, Wine Cen.2'); SameHotel/Res-

drinks and0'1,151.90) ;

.indez Club,, of J. &'l..'

C. Harina19 - D &food and

;;);J.tionl enter.<es for visi-

PI25,870and main.staff as-coop was

particular,EA visitorshe 4.34.item

, 29--kan.mango, sug,

S cases of,Nov. 21./22.<1 pill can-Uec. 28

",ndles, sug-

27-D&SI and drinks, 7 - Na.tel', liquor

LlndezLides (1"321.•

'rown Hotel.l"jd 1'':::. Mad.Feb. 28i . food andl ; Mar. 13---nrer, liquor':) -- Crown! drinks (Pl,.day - Ho-

.od, drinks(\"608.85) ;

..'Js..ua Wine(P375.00) ;

ttl:::. sugporl - Lindezdrmks WI,.

indez Club,.s (P848.65) ;{ Wine Cen,':0); Same

Hotel/Res-drinks and

(PI,151.-Iy - Lindezdrinks of J.

C. Harina19 - DM;

i&. .•• :.A ~;),":"".;s.

(F'rom page 1)(1'417.50); May 16 - Pilicandles (P450); Naga WineCenter, liquor (P620) andLindez Club, entertainment(f'339.45); May 17 - CrownHolel, fod, drinks and ho.tel bills (f'685.80); May

30 - Crown Hotel food anddrinks (P621) ; ,

June 7 --. Naga WineCenter, liquor (P272) andHoI iday Hotel, food, drinksand accommodations (P790.,53); June 8- Llndez Club,fod and drinks (P1,338.87);Same day - Crown Hotel,food and drinks (1'59,3.30);

June 13 - Pili candies(P300); June 14 -- Pili can.dies (f'253.20), Crown Ho,tel, food, drinks and hotelbills (P644.20): MidtownPension House, food, drinksand accommodations (pm.•10) and D&S Restaurant,food and drinks ("2,513.80);(June 15, next day - 3.day Albay tour (P3,073.80);June 2() - Lindez Club,food and drinks (f"537.23);June 23 and 30 - NagaWine Center/EM's WineCellar, liquor (P791.()(l),

July 14. .- Wine (P1,000)and food, drinks and accorn,modatlons at Emerald Re,sort Hotel (539.64); July15, next day Sugpo(1'465.00), pili candles0"750), Hotel Lindez bi1ls(M54) and Llndez Club,'food anrl drinks (f"687.16);

(Contint(('d 01l page 3)

BAlAlOI

Basin brass(From page 1)

employees" were chided fortheir "temerity to passthernsel ves \off) as plan.ners" although "they arenot (as) they do not evenknow what developmentalplanning means."

The informant based hisreasons on the fact that"1000/0 of ali BRBDP pro.ject planning is being donenow by contractors" sothat it could not be claim.ed that the basin programoffice is involved in actdalproject planning.

He also said, as fact, tha t99'70 of the contractors areManila-based and "all havebeen recomn'lended by Di-rector Balisnomo."

He likewise cited an ins-tance where a governorfrom a Bleol province al,Iegedly got mad and reoportedly still is, becausehis recommended contrac,tors were 'by-passed' byBalisnorno. Apparently, theprovincial governor wasconcerned over the choiceof contractors for projectsin his province.

He asked that PublicWorks Minister AlfredoJuinio stop these Basin of.ficers from their "expen,sive" planning.

Casureco '4(From page 1)

gal counsel.The petition (for liftln.g

Papin sings . . . of the preventive suspen,(From poOe 1) sion) alleged that the 2

Billed as Kons.i;rertong employees were removedPurnasko nl Imelda Papin, arbitrarily and "in wantonthe song-and.dance concert disregard and denial offeattlI'"€S an entirely new constitutional due process",repertoire of stage num, and that their suspensionbel'S. lind dlsrntssal was "to

Papin will Ibe accompa, coerce intimidate harassni~ by a 4i<OUpe of 'sur- and i~flict 'I reyeng~" when

~)I"i~ celebr:lt~s' from Ma•.r\ t!ley had hlf(]d attbntionuiIa'a enterta nrnent world, ho the anomalies and Irre,it was said. , gularitles committed by the

The proceeds of the Pa. ll'l;mbers of managementpin concert will go to the a~~d 1 he board.

construction of a Press Among the anomalies cl,Freedom Symbo.1 marker ted:

at Pla7.8. Rizal (a project - An overpricing ofof the CSur Press Assn.) , PS,015 for transporting I"aid to the Presentacion 603 electric poles at P30(CSur) rural health cen. per pole from Pasacao porttel', and aid to <the Pefia, to Naga by the Viva Pe,francia Basilica. fiaf'rancia Enterprises. Ac-

Imelda's first concert tual canvass price was onlyappearance here was also 1"'25 per pole. Conrtraet was~lE::r:ts:I::' •.~t<:.~!.he,~. sign.ed by r;;ngr. Antonio

Girl in case . . .(From page 1) soaked hand grenade. Alsq

nesto Aynera - lay wound. found in the pocket of the/('d. Lee's companions dead Lee was a note ins.Milagros de Leon, a night, tructing a "Kasama" toclub singer, and Nestor Bi. brink a car to Pasacao andgornia, Mila's chaperon _ "looking forward to yourwere unhurt. Another com.. usual support." (This note,panion, Rolando Zapata, it was said, was handed towas able to break away Lee earlier that day at afrom the car and took reo Naga billiard hall.)fuge under a house, Information given by

Inspecting the bulletcr id., Commander Nandy -to theden car, the PC found a .22 PC after the incident saidcaliber- pistol and a blood. that "Commander Lito left

the grenade and the gunwith Bert but did not gowith the car any more be·cause there was a strangewoman (Mila) in the car."

Villanueva's narration ofthe incident appeared toindicate that the slain Leehad connections with theNPAs. On this he twice.told the Balalo~ that theincident was not a case ofmistaken identity.

Investiga til .ns by the 13a.lalong showed that Aynera,the driver, is presentlyconfined at the CSur pro-vincial hospital after doc.tors extracted two bulletslugs at his back.

Three persons -- Mila deLeon, Rolando Zapata and'J osefina Agna - ha ve gi-ven statements to the PC,which statements weresworn under oath beforeCity Fiscal Julian OcampoHI. Both the statements ofMila and Zapata narratedtheir picnic trip to Pasa,cao beach up to the shoot.ing art San Fernando town.Agna stated that she ownsthe Mlnica driven by Ayne.ra,

The telegrams of Mrs.Lee to the president andEnrlle bore >the same mesosage. It said:

"In behalf my suddenlym'ph¥ed fivp ahi.ld~ eld-est only 11 years old weurgently pray your Excel.lency please direct impar-tial investigation of killingof my husband Naga busl-nessrnan Lazaro Lee byconstabulary soldiers inPobJacion of San FernandoCam, Sur November 24thMonday while he andfriends were riding Minicacar bound for Naga ci<tyStop Eyewitness Mila de

Receiver: loses '\!<'rom lJalte 1)

story, retired artillery Col.Lnrique .1". Alpano, whomtile appellate court res.tored tu his old position asreceiver of the park pend-ing the appeal of the deci-sion iii a case between itsowner and its developer,but round his old officegone -- vapet's, furnitureand personnel - yesterday.

All be got was an expla-nation from Atty. Jose Pe,nas, counsel for the parkuWller, Mrs. Irene p. Ma-riano, that AJpario had no-thing to 'take over becausenothing had been' turnedover to him.

.n a l't~:>ulULIUIl uu ted Nu.V,(;illUcr ~'±, 'Q,Sl lYJ.unuay,

uie \..-uun ut .dVPCI:HS 1:1,'.

1Ju,lHel1 the cUlODCl the re,

ceiver 01 the park, "cUet:-tive .i.lmnCUJatelY", au.erIu.':>recervers OOHUof 1"0u,'

lIw was approved. He wasrirst appv"nteu receiverWhen the case was pendingtrial in the L:.t'l. After Mrs.lllanallU won Ute uecision inthe trial court. and WhileIt was perxnng appeal,JUd~ Delfin vir. Sunga or.~r '<1 the imme<1iat~ exe •}•.•OJt~ of the deCisi"n pre.~/lantj; rendered ' Judge.'1::1.., Imperial. lando

B'eJu~io then took over fromAlpailo as receiver,

l:ct:ent.1y, however, theCourt of Appeals annulledSungas order ai.d restoredAlpano as receiver.

The park is still therebut Alpafio is still lookingIor his office.

Boo-boo causes .(ii'rom page 1)

Nena Rustia Ibasco, the Pt;~.Ji.11 fnr 'R1