By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published January 21, 2021 11:10am The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) preferred not to directly address the graft complaint filed against Governor Benjamin Diokno and other central bank officials as respondents will answer it in an appropriate setting. Aside from Diokno, named as respondents were Prudence Angelita Kasala, Rogel Joseph del Rosario, Carl Cesar Bibat, Marianne Santos, Salvador del Mundo, and Giovanni Israel Joson. Fulgencio accused the respondents of giving the winning bidder undue advantage as they required all bidders to procure raw materials from OVD Kignegram. The BSP, however, said that with regards to the “complaint filed with the Ombudsman relative to the procurement for the printing of cards for the National ID System, rest assured that the BSP officials concerned will respond in the proper forum once required in accordance with applicable rules.”
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 21) – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno and other BSP officials are facing a graft complaint filed with the Ombudmsman over the alleged anomalous awarding of a multi-million-peso contract to a certain firm for the lease of equipment related to the production of national ID cards.
Complainant Ricardo Fulgencio IV, chairman of Stop Corruption Organization of the Philippines Inc., alleged that Diokno and fellow respondents “favored” OVD Kinegram AG and awarded it a deal totalling ₱1.75 billion without public bidding for the lease of card production and personalization equipment. The amount consisted of ₱904.8 million for diffractive optically variable image device (DOVID) materials and ₱841 million for polycarbonate sheets.
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Bill filed to institutionalize agreement limiting police, military presence inside UP campuses nationwide
A MEASURE that will institutionalize the 1989 agreement between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) that limits military and police presence in UP campuses nationwide has been filed in the Senate.
Bill No. 2002 will amend Republic Act No. 9500, the University of the Philippines Charter of 2008, to prevent the entry of security forces in the facilities of the country’s biggest state-run academic institution without prior authorization from the school administration.
“The UP-DND accord is not a ‘Do not enter’ sign that bars law enforcement from entering the campus. It is not a wall which obstructs justice or deters the solution or prevention of crime,” the explanatory note of the bill read.