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00:00 The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the preventive suspension of some officials of the Department of Agriculture and Food Terminal Incorporated.
00:09 Here are the details of the case of Rafi Tima.
00:11 [Music]
00:15 Until 6 months of preventive suspension without salary,
00:18 that's what the Office of the Ombudsman ordered to 5 officials of the Department of Agriculture and Food Terminal Incorporated.
00:24 The administrative complaint is that the purchase of 8,845 bags of onions by the DA and FDI
00:32 from the supplier of the Bunena Multipurpose Cooperative was illegal.
00:36 The suspended officials are the Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary, Christina Evangelista,
00:42 DA Administrative Officer, Eunice Biblianias,
00:45 DA OIC Chief Accountant, Lolita Jamela,
00:48 FDI Vice President for Operations, John Gabriel Trinidad III,
00:51 and FDI Budget Division Head, Juanita Lualhati.
00:54 Based on the document, there is violation of the procurement law.
00:58 The oversight of the selection of the cooperative is insufficient,
01:01 and the 50 percent advance payment was done unquestionably.
01:05 This is the time when the price of onions reached P600 per kilo last December.
01:11 The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the suspension of 5 officials while the investigation is ongoing
01:16 so that they will not be influenced by the investigation.
01:19 We asked the suspended officials and the spokesperson of the Department of Agriculture
01:24 but they have no answer.
01:26 For GMA Integrated News, Rafi Tima reporting for 24 Hours.
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01:51 [Music]

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