List of suspended and relieved personnel and officials both in LTFRB and LTO.

List of suspended and relieved personnel and officials both in LTFRB and LTO.

MANILA, Philippines — As the Duterte administration intensifies their efforts to combat corruption among government agencies.

More than 80 officials and personnel from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), as well as to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been relieved and suspended over corruption issues.

Based on the latest count presented by the LTFRB, a total of 41 employees have resigned, or have been terminated and suspended due to their involvement in corruption.

Nine others are still under the investigation.

At the LTO, 27 employees composed of regional directors, assistant regional directors and enforcement officers had been relieved due to corruption issues.

A district office head was also suspended, while 16 others are now under investigation because of their alleged participation in corrupt practices.

In line with this, an anti-corruption portal was also launched, that aims to eradicate corruption among the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as well as to it’s attached agencies.

This includes, the LTFRB, LTO, MIAA and other transportation related offices.

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For those who want to report any corruption practices of DOTr-attached agencies, just visit www.dotr.gov.ph, click and fill out all the necessary information from the DOTR online complaint form.

All complaints will be consolidated by the department’s digital media group, before they are turned over to the officials who will conduct the investigation.

On the other hand, the department assures the public that they will keep the identity of the complainants confidential.

DOTC Assistant Secretary Cherie Mercado, “Yung mga reports are confidential, kung may mga kasong kailangang i-file. Dun lang din natin kakailanganin magbigay sila ng identity nila to give their statements but otherwise, we will follow up their allegations. If we need, the information that they will give us are confidential.”

(The reports are confidential, if there are cases needs to be files, that’s the time that we are needing for them to give us their identities to give their statements but otherwise we will follow up their allegations if we need the information that they will give us are confidential.)

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade also reminds all officials and employees under his department on the strict implementation of “No Gift and No Solicitation” policy as holiday season approaches.

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The secretary warns all the department’s employees that once they are caught violating the policy will be subjected for termination.

LTFRB Chairman Atty. Martin Delgra III pleads to the public, “I will just have to appeal kung pwede huwag na kayo magbigay before during and after any government transactions that you are going to enter into with the DOTr or with any government agency for that matter.”

(I will just have to appeal, please do not give us before, during, and after any government transactions that you are going to enter into with the DOTr or with any government agency for that matter.)

JOAN NANO / UNTV News and Rescue

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