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Friday, March 29, 2024

Sueno warns LGUs of funding poseur

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BAGUIO CITY—The Department of the Interior and Local Government has warned local officials and its employees nationwide from transacting business with a certain Pia Alarcon or Rhia Alarcon, who claims to be connected to the DILG Central Office.

Alarcon offers her services “for the immediate downloading of funds for DILG programs and projects and for processing fees, among others” in exchange for a fee, Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno said in an advisory issued to all department personnel and local officials.

“The modus of this poseur’s operation is to approach local government officials and enjoin them to submit letter-requests to the DILG to avail of programs and projects,” Sueno said. “In the course of the transaction, [Alarcon] demands money, supposedly as processing fee for the downloading of the funds for such projects to the concerned local governments.” 

Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno

The secretary stressed that people can go to the DILG website or the local DILG office to learn about the department’s programs and projects, and the requirements and availment procedures so as not to be duped by fake employees.

Local officials and DILG personnel should be wary of people who promise to facilitate the release of fire trucks and other projects, Sueno said. He branded these people as fixers, and that no DILG official or personnel is authorized to solicit money or receive any materials gains for DILG projects and services.

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Sueno believes some unscrupulous individuals want to take advantage of the ignorance of some newly elected officials on how DILG programs and projects are administered, and take the risk of trying their luck to demand money from their prospects. 

He said local officials need to be the ones to process the release of their funds and the immediate cascading of DILG programs and projects to their beneficiaries, especially those in the remote areas of the country.

The secretary urged local officials and DILG personnel to immediately report fixers, poseurs and con artists to Senior Superintendent Alex B. Sintin, senior police assistant to the Secretary of Interior and Local Government, at Camp Crame in Quezon City. 

They can also call telephone numbers (0949) 846-4858, (0998) 967-4884, (02) 722-8118, the Philippine National Police at (02) 723-0401 local 3421 or 3381, or their local DILG officers.

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