Philippine Ports Authority employees are asking Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to act on a complaint they lodged last year against the port manager of the PPA in Negros Occidental involving P3-million worth of projects that were allegedly implemented under irregular bidding.

The PPA employees asked in a letter to Morales to act on their complaint filed in July last year.

The group had accused Enrique Fuentebaja, port manager of the PPA-Port Management Office based in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, of violating Republic Act 9184, or the Government Procurement Reform Act for allegedly causing the questionable awarding of six separate contracts to only one favored contractor, Luck-Well Construction, owned by Ronald Del Rosario.

Applicants hired on-the-spot

Sixty-nine applicants were hired on the spot at the employers’ interview conducted by three recruitment agencies yesterday at the Masskara Hall of the Government Center in Bacolod City, Moises de la Cruz, manager of Public Employment Service Office said.

De la Cruz, who is an executive assistant to Mayor Evelio Leonardia, said the 57 applicants were hired for Al Ahlia Food Corporation, in Saudi Arabia while Skills International hired eight security guards and four nurses.

He said job seeker should  apply when recruitment agencies are conducting employers interview, because they  bring representatives of the company.

BIR Bacolod hikes tax goal

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