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Sorsogon mayor, ex-provincial assessor, ordered charged for various offenses
16 June 2011, source: Ombudsman Website
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Acting Ombudsman Orlando C. Casimiro ordered the filing of criminal charges against an incumbent municipal mayor in Sorsogon and a former provincial assessor in Bataan for separate cases.
          Mayor Jerome Alcantara of Donsol, Sorsogon and his security aide Jerry Pedragoza were ordered charged for malicious mischief (Article 327, in relation to Article 329, Revised Penal Code).
          Records showed that on October 20, 2008, Alcantara caused damage to the vehicle belonging to a certain Lalaine Cadag.
          Alcantara allegedly shot the tires and body of the van owned by Cadag with plate number EVN 514 resulting in damage worth P12,000.
          His aide reportedly acted as an accomplice by cooperating in the execution of the offense by handing over the firearm in the shooting of Cadag’s car.
          It was alleged that Alcantara’s blood pressure rose when he discovered that the owner of the vehicle violated the town’s ordinance which prohibits operators to use San Jose Street at Barangay Poso, Donsol, as their terminal to wait for passengers.
          In its resolution, the anti-graft office stated that, “Consequently, he (Alcantara) took matters into his own hands, instead of seeking the assistance of the police.”
          Meanwhile, in a separate case, Acting Ombudsman Casimiro ordered the filing of 39 counts of violation of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Sec. 3(e) of RA 3019) against former Provincial Assessor Hermenegildo Pilapil of Balanga City, Bataan.
          The Bataan Revenue Code of 1997 and Ordinance No. 6-A of 1997 provide the imposition of tax on the transfer of ownership of real property.
          However, Bataan Governor Enrique Garcia, Jr., in his complaint, stated that for several occasions in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004, Pilapil neglected and refused to require the presentation of the proofs of payment of transfer taxes as mandated by law before the transfer of ownership of Real Property Tax Declaration.
          Garcia said Pilapil caused the transfer of ownership of said Tax Declarations without payment of transfer taxes due to the province, triggering undue injury to the government.
          Such transfers, according to the complaint, are not exempt from transfer taxes and because the transactions transpired between two private parties.
          The resolution stated that, “Clearly, the failure of respondent (Pilapil), in numerous occasions, to perform this mandated duty…constitutes a corrupt practice that makes him liable under Sec. 3(e) of RA 3019.)

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