Senator Raffy Tulfo urged the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to investigate a former mayor in Davao del Sur along with others for alleged graft and corrupt practices.
During the recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Services which Tulfo chairs, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) revealed that up to 1,200 Chinese nationals were issued Filipino birth certificates through late registration during the term of the former mayor.
“Personnel of the Local Civil Registrar’s Office (LCR) and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) work in connivance with them to give Filipino birth certificates to foreign nationals.”
Likewise, the NBI admitted to the legislator that they are yet to file cases against personnel of the Local Civil Registrar’s Office (LCR) and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) who work in connivance with them to give Filipino birth certificates to foreign nationals who applied for late registration.
This earned the ire of the lawmaker who said that this has been happening for decades.
“The Land Transportation Office (LTO) should hold accountable former LTO officials due to anomalous purchase of alcohol breathalyzers.”
The senator also urged the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to hold accountable former LTO officials, particularly two Assistant Secretaries and the members of their Bids and Awards Committee, due to anomalous purchase of alcohol breathalyzers.
Tulfo’s Committee, after investigating, found out that there was overpricing in the procurement of breathalyzers with a total cost of ₱10.2 million in 2015 and ₱23.512 million in 2017. Worse, many of these are defective.
Moreover, he instructed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to file necessary charges against former Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya due to a questionable contract and acceptance of defective Dalian trains amounting to ₱3.759 billion.
Aside from this, Tulfo ordered the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) not allow passengers on chartered flights to leave and enter the country without going through the strict screening process.
