(The Philippine Star) 6 DOTC execs face graft raps

ANTI-TRAPO MOVEMENT

 FILES GRAFT CASE

VERSUS

6 DOTC OFFICIALS

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta at the Office of the Ombudsman

Ka Leon outside the Office of the Ombudsman after filing the case

6 DOTC execs face graft raps

By Michael Punongbayan 
(The Philippine Star) | Updated January 3, 2013 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Six officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) are facing graft charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for their alleged involvement in bidding anomalies in connection with the multibillion-peso Road Transportation Information Technology Infrastructure Project (RTITIP) for the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

 

DOTC Undersecretaries Rene Limcaoco and Jose Perpetuo Lotilla; Assistant Secretaries Ildefonso Patdu Jr., Dante Lantin and Catherine Jennifer Gonzales; and LTO director Alfonso Tan were accused of violating the Government Procurement Reform Act and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.

It was the first graft complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsman for this year.

In an 80-page complaint, Leon Estrella Peralta, representing the anti-graft watchdog Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines Inc., said the respondents, along with several John Does, manipulated the bidding process in favor of Stradcom Corp., LTO’s IT provider since 1998.

Peralta said the DOTC officials “strayed far, far away” from President Aquino’s “daang matuwid” by going around Malacañang’s call for absolute transparency in the procurement process.

He said the DOTC officials are pushing for an extension of Stradcom Corp.’s contract by causing a failure of bidding and make it impossible for a new IT provider to take over when the firm’s contract expires on Feb. 11. 

Nation ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1The anti-graft watchdog said the bids and awards committee also illegally charged P1 million each for the bid documents in violation of the P75,000 prescribed rate set by the Government Procurement Policy Board and procurement laws.

Limcaoco is also being accused of meeting with Stradcom Corp. officials outside the DOTC premises and beyond office hours before the opening of bids last Nov. 26.

Transparancy International said Limcaoco even submitted a P1.3-billion budget proposal for the implementation of the RTITIP project on the first year when the required budget was P3.105 billion.

“All these taken altogether and combined with other acts, from the start, the bidding process was designed for the procurement process to fail,“ Peralta said.

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MENSAHE Sa Pagtanggap Ng NOMINASYON Ng KOALISYONG MAKABAYAN

MENSAHE SA PAGTANGGAP

NG NOMINASYON NG

KOALISYONG MAKABAYAN

PARA SA KONSEHO DIST. 6, LUNGSOD QUEZON 2013

LEON Estrella PERALTA 
Opisyal na kandidato ng
KOALISYONG MAKABAYAN para 
KONSEHAL ng Distrito 6, Lungsod Quezon

SA AKING MGA KAPATID SA PAKIKIBAKA:

Ako po ay lubos na napapasalamat sa Nominasyon sa akin ng KOALISYONG MAKABAYAN BILANG OPISYAL NA KANDIDATO SA KONSEHO NG DISTRITO 6, LUNGSOD QUEZON.  Hindi po lingid sa ating kaalaman na napakaraming Ordinaryong Pilipino na naninirahan sa Lungsod Quezon ang hindi nakakamtan ang Hustisyang Panlipunan na ipinangako sa kanila ng mga Politikong niluklok nila sa kapangyarihan noong nakaraang eleksyon sa taong 2010 dito sa Lungsod Quezon.

PANAHON NA UPANG SIMULAN SA KONSEHO ANG EKSPLOSIBONG MAKABAYANG PAGBABAGO SA LUNGSOD QUEZON.

PANAHON NA UPANG ITAGUYOD AT MAISULONG ANG HUSTISYANG PANLIPUNAN na dapat ay matagal na sanang nalalasap ng mga Ordinaryong Pilipino na naninirahan sa Lungsod Quezon ngunit, ito’y nanatiling mailap sa kanila hanggang sa kasalukuyan.

Para sa karapatan ng Ordinaryong Pilipino ng Lungsod Quezon na MABUHAY NG MATIWASAY AT WALANG PANGAMBA, MALAYA, MAY DIGNIDAD, MASAGANA, MALUSOG AT MAY BOSES PAMPOLITIKA, taus puso at kinararangal ko pong tinatanggap ang Nominasyon ng KOALISYONG MAKABAYAN PARA OPISYAL NA KANDIDATO PARA SA KONSEHO NG DISTRITO 6, LUNGSOD QUEZON.

Leon Estrella Peralta

*Founding Chairman*
(ANTI-TRAPO Movement of the Phils. Inc.) 

*Political and Human Rights Advocate*

*Vice-Chairman, External Affairs, Quezon City*
(Koalisyong MAKABAYAN)

*Convenor-Spokesperson* 
(Koalisyon Laban sa Pribatisasyon ng Orthopedic Center
at Pampublikong Ospital)

*Convenor*
(Alyansa Kontra Demolisyon)

Isang Ordinaryong Tao

Para sa Karapatan

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 Ordinaryong Pilipino! 

 BARANGAYS OF DISTRICT 6, QUEZON CITY:

Apolonio Samson            Sauyo

Unang Sigaw                   Sagandaan

Balon-Bato                       New Era

Baesa                               Pasong Tamo

Talipapa                           Tandang Sora

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ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST Quezon City General Assembly October 2012-PAHAYAG NG PAKIKIISA AT PAGSUPORTA SA ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST

ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST

Quezon City General Assembly

October 27, 2012

PAHAYAG NG PAKIKIISA

AT PAGSUPORTA

SA

ANAKPAWIS

PARTY LIST

LEON Estrella PERALTA 
Nagpapahayag ng Pakikiisa at Suporta sa
ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST QC General Assembly 

Sa Aking Mga Kapatid Sa Pakikibaka:

MAGANDANG ARAW po sa inyong lahat!  Maraming salamat po sa inyong paanyaya lalung-lalu na sa pamumunuan ng ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST sa pamamagitan po ni Kongresman Ka Paeng Mariano, Kongresman Ka Joel Maglungsod (na ngayon ay Pangalawang Nominado ng ANAKPAWIS Partylist sa darating na eleksyon 2013), Ka Pando Hicap (Unang Nominado ng ANAKPAWIS PARTYLIST sa darating na elesyon 2013), Ka Bea Arellano-National Secretary General ng KADAMAY, Ka Elmer Labog-KMU Chair/President at iba’t-iba pang lider ng ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST upang ang inyong kapatid na si KA LEON ay makadalo  sa inyong napakahalagang pagtitipon na ito, ang ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST Quezon City General Assembly.

Hayaan nyo pong hiramin ko ang pananalita ni Ka Paeng Kanina, na ang sabi niya, “Sa ating bansa ay may tatlo lang  na panahon. Panahon ng tag-ulan, tag-init at eleksyon.” Sa aking narinig na ito tungkol sa eleksyon, bumalik sa aking alaala ang pagtakbo ko bilang Kongresman sa Distrito 2 ng Lungsod Quezon noong nakaraang 2010 Eleksyon.  Ako po ay nakatanggap ng liham na pinadala sa koreo, hindi po ito liham ng pagbati o suporta, kundi liham ng pagbabanta.  Nakasaad po sa liham na ito na huwag kong ekampanya ang ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST at iba pang Partylists na kasama natin sa Koalisyong MAKABAYAN o humingi ng tulong o suporta sa kanila kung mahal ko daw ang buhay ko at buhay ng aking pamilya. Pagkabasang-Pagkabasa ko ng liham na ito, ako po ay hindi nakaramdam ng anumang takot bagkus, lalong umigting sa aking kaisipan at damdamin ang aking adhikain upang isulong ang KARAPATAN ng Ordinaryong Pilipino.

AKO PO ngayon ang Chairman ng ANTI-TRAPO MOVEMENT of the Philippines. Ito po ay kilusan ng mga simpleng tao laban sa KURAPSYON AT PAGLABAG SA KARAPATAN NG ORDINARYONG PILIPINO NA MABUHAY NG MATIWASAY AT WALANG PANGAMBA, MALAYA, MAY DIGNIDAD, MASAGANA AT MAY BOSES PAMPULITIKA.

Sa darating na halalan 2013, asahan po ninyo ang aking muling masidhing suporta upang makamit ng ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST ang tagumpay, dahil ang ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST ang isa sa iilan na tunay na nagsusulong at nagtataguyod ng KARAPATAN NG ORDINARYONG PILIPINO, TULAD NYO, AT TULAD KO.

MABUHAY ANG

ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST!

MABUHAY ANG

MAKABAYAN PARTY COALITION !

___________________________

LEON Estrella PERALTA

Founding Chairman, ANTI-TRAPO Movement of the Phils

MAKABAYAN Quezon City, Vice-Chairman External Affairs

Political and Human Rights Advocate

“Isang Ordinaryong Tao Para sa KARAPATAN Ng Ordinaryong Pilipino” __________________________________________

Tunghayan ang mga sumusunod na larawan: 

Ka Roy Velez

Congressman Rafael "Ka Paeng" Mariano-Kinatawan ng
ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST

L-R  Ka LEON Estrella PERALTA, Ka Pando Hicap, Ka Bea Areallano
Ka Roy Velez

Ka Gary

The ANAKPAWIS QC Delegates

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. Bea Arellano, Pando Hicap

PROTEST AND PRESS RELEASE STOP MRT/LRT FARE HIKE

24 Oras: Ilang grupong tutol sa planong pagtataas ng pasahe sa MRT, 

nagprotesta sa DOTC

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/137949/24oras/ilang-grupong-tutol-sa-pagtataas-ng-pasahe-sa-mrt-nagprotesta-sa-dotc

PROTEST AND PRESS RELEASE

  

RILES Network slams resurrection of MRT fare hike plan; Warns of heightened protest over government neglect and collusion with big tycoons

2OCT

“We’ll bring the battle back to the streets.”

Thus said Riles Laan sa Sambayanan (RILES Network) Convenor Sammy Malunes as the group protested the resurrection of the plan to raise fares of the busiest metro railway line in the country. The RILES Network has actively campaigned for the junking of any increase in fares since 2010, citing the welfare of the riding public and the responsibility of the government to provide affordable mass transportation.

“The government suspended its implementation of the fare hike only temporarily and just waited for protests to subside. But the students, workers and the public who are dependent on the MRT for affordable transportation will not waiver from protesting as the government resurrects its evil plans,” Malunes said.

Malunes added that existing economic indicators show that Filipinos will not be able to afford any further increase in daily expenditures for transportation. “Hunger incidence and joblessness in the country remain highest in the Southeast Asian region. Prices are skyrocketing while the wages of workers plummet to all time lows.”

The RILES Network also expressed alarm over the entry of controversial business tycoon Manny Pangilinan (MVP) into the transportation service sector.

RILES co-convenor Herman “Mentong” Laurel said, “The MRT fare hike revival is in line with the government’s plan to completely give up the control over the metro rail system to Metro Pacific Investement Corporation and Ayala Corp. The public should be wary of the irregularities in the board meetings of the MRTC where MVP’s group virtually dictated decisions on the all aspects of MRTC’s  operations. Is MVP in control of the DOTC now?”

Meanwhile, the Founding Chairman of Anti-Trapo Movement, Leon Estrella Peralta also warned of the connivance between Pres. Aquino and MVP in the implementation of Public-Private Partnership projects, claiming it is detrimental to the interest of the riding public.

“Providing basic social services should be the business of the government and must be kept away from businessmen whose sole interest is to rake in as much profits from the people’s pockets as they possibly can. We pay our taxes and, in return, the government must do its duty to provide for its people,” Peralta added.

The RILES Network called on all patriotic Filipinos to join the fight against fare increases and the privatization of the country’s railway system. It called on students, workers and professionals to launch activities, signature campaigns and protest actions in all forms to fight privatization and assert that it is the government’s responsibility to provide affordable public transport. 


Published by:  LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA 
    Founding Chairman, ANTI-TRAPO Movement of the Philippines
                         Political and Human Rights Advocate
   Isang Ordinaryong Tao Para Sa KARAPATAN Ng Ordinaryong Pilipino

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In this Photo RILES Network convenors
SAMMY MALUNES, LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA
and HERMAN TIU LAUREL