{"id":208472,"date":"2019-04-05T00:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T04:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=208472"},"modified":"2019-04-05T00:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T04:12:03","slug":"ltfrb-exec-suspended-over-corruption-raps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/05\/ltfrb-exec-suspended-over-corruption-raps\/","title":{"rendered":"LTFRB exec suspended over corruption raps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fltfrb.central.office%2Fphotos%2Fa.1417559258485998%2F2282689018639680%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"654\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; An official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has been suspended due to allegations that he received PHP4.8 million in exchange for granting an application for a public utility vehicle (PUV) franchise.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Thursday, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Secretary Arthur Tugade had issued a 90-day preventive suspension order against LTFRB Executive Director Samuel Jardin Jr. on Wednesday due to charges of grave misconduct; receiving for personal use a valuable thing in the course of official duties wherein such gift was given in the expectation of receiving favorable treatment; and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe formal charge alleges that Jardin solicited money amounting to PHP4.8 million in exchange for facilitating and granting the application for a Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC),\u201d the DOTr said.<\/p>\n<p>Jardin is required to submit a verified answer, including documentary evidence within three days from receipt of the formal charge, as part of the internal investigation of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Tugade strongly reiterates that any corrupt deed, or the perception thereof, in the ranks of the DOTr offices and attached agencies will not be tolerated,\u201d according to the DOTr.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the LTFRB said it supports the call for immediate and full investigation of the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe leave it to DOTr to resolve the matter quickly, objectively, and fairly,\u201d the Board said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LTFRB remains steadfast in its commitment to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte\u2019s unrelenting campaign against corruption and in upholding the integrity of the institution,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The LTFRB executive director heads the pre-accreditation committee of the Board that reviews applications for franchises of PUVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; An official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has been suspended due to allegations that he &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":164498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208474,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208472\/revisions\/208474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}