TENSION IN THE HOUSE Vice President Sara Duterte raises a point during her participation at a Nov. 26 hearing by the House committee on good government and public accountability on the alleged misuse of DepEd and OVP funds. 鈥� HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Acknowledgment receipts (ARs) for the confidential fund (CF) expenditures of the Department of Education (DepEd) under Vice President Sara Duterte鈥檚 watch were 鈥渞eceived鈥� by three 鈥淎lice Crescencio鈥� with different signatures and addresses.
This was bared by Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong during the House of Representatives committee on good government and public accountability hearing on the alleged misuse of DepEd funds on Monday.
Adiong showed two ARs signed by three Alice Crescencio with different signatures and addresses.
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The receipts showed that one lives in Pasay City, another in Iligan City, and another one in Lanao del Sur.
鈥淭his name leaves more questions鈥he name Alice Crescencio is not common鈥� and what are the chances that three individuals have the same names and spelling?鈥� Adiong asked.
鈥淲hat are the chances that all are receiving the same confidential funds for different purposes from the same agency, which is DepEd?聽This is a big coincidence, it is mind-boggling. For me, this is absurd, sorry for the term, but this is a bit absurd,鈥� he added.
Adiong also pointed out that those who created the ARs seemed to be 鈥渦ncoordinated鈥� or might have overlooked the fact that they used the same name in signing receipts from different locations.
He also revealed that 鈥淎lice Crescencio鈥� was among the names that had no record with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), and some ARs had different names with the same signature.
Earlier, panel chair and Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua revealed that 405 of the 677 individuals in the ARs of the DepEd for its CF聽have no record with the PSA.
Similarly, the PSA attested in a certification issued on November 25 that a certain Mary Grace Piattos had a 鈥渘egative record鈥� of birth, marriage, and death in the 鈥淧SA Civil Registry System database.鈥�
Last November 20 hearing, Adiong presented two ARs 鈥� one from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and one from the DepEd 鈥� which were both received by a certain Kokoy Villamin. PSA鈥檚 findings showed no records of Kokoy Villamin in its database.
Mary Grace Piattos and Kokoy Villamin were among the names that surfaced during the investigation into the alleged misuse of the CFs of the OVP and DepEd.