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QC councilors charged for ‘ghost employees’
09 May 2012

          The Office of the Ombudsman, through its Field Investigation Office, has lodged criminal and administrative complaints against Quezon City Councilors Roderick M. Paulate and Francisco A. Calalay, Jr., for maintaining “ghost employees” in the payroll of the Quezon City Council.

            Acting on the complaint filed by Mr. Jimmy Lee Davis, a whistle-blower and QC insider, who was assisted by his counsel former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr., the FIO managed to obtain evidence showing that Councilors Paulate and Calalay maintained “job order personnel” under their respective offices which turned out to be fictitious persons.

            These fictitious personnel received monthly wages ranging from PhP2, 500.00 to PhP5,000.00.

            Investigation disclosed that these fictitious personnel do not have birth records from the National Statistics Office, are not registered voters of Quezon City, have not secured NBI clearances, and are not known in the respective barangays where they allegedly reside or the indicated Barangay-addresses where they purportedly reside do not exist.

          For the period January to November 2010, Councilor Calalay maintained a total of twenty-nine (29) ghost employees, while Councilor Paulate maintained thirty (30) ghost employees for the period July 2010 to November 2010.

            A total of Php2,175,000.00 in wages was disbursed by Councilor Calalay, while Councilor Paulate disbursed a total of PhP1,125,000.00.

            The disbursements of wages were made possible through the submission of spurious Personal Data Sheets and payrolls.
            Charges of Malversation of Public Funds through Falsification of Public Documents, Violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 and administrative charges for Grave Misconduct, Serious Dishonesty and Falsification of Official Documents have been filed against Councilors Calalay and Paulate, together with their respective Liaison Officers in the persons of Flordeliza A. Alvarez and Vicente E. Bajamunde.

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