{"id":246863,"date":"2020-03-03T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T00:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=246863"},"modified":"2020-03-03T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T00:50:07","slug":"dole-to-probe-security-firm-of-disgruntled-mall-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/03\/dole-to-probe-security-firm-of-disgruntled-mall-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"DOLE to probe security firm of disgruntled mall guard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III during a press conference on Thursday (Sept. 27, 2018), which is held at the DOLE main office in Intramuros, Manila. (PNA photo by Gil Calinga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will investigate the agency of the security guard who held hostage some employees of a shopping mall in San Juan City on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said they will look into the possible labor violations of Safeguard Armor Security Corp. (Sascor), the security agency that provides security for Virra Mall.<\/p>\n

Sascor was the security that fired, hostage-taker Alchie Paray.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did they allow yung guard\u00a0ng walang lisensya<\/em>\u00a0(Why did they allow the guard to serve work without a license) allegedly, and also\u00a0mga reklamo n\u2019ya<\/em>\u00a0[Paray] (his complaints), we will have that inspected,\u201d he said on Tuesday in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have instructed DOLE-National Capital Region regional director, Atty. Sarah Buena Mirasol (to conduct the probe),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Bello said if they find violations, the agency\u2019s license may be canceled.<\/p>\n

He said they would also be looking at possible criminal liability if Paray’s claim that the security agency has not been remitting contributions to the Social Security Service (SSS), Pag-IBIG and Philhealth.<\/p>\n

Bello said they will also determine if the mall management has a liability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [mall management] should not allow the agency, to begin with, to hire unlicensed guards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He, however, said they do not condone acts of violence, as committed by Paray when he took mall employees hostage.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Paray, armed with a gun, shot and wounded a mall security guard and held hostage some 30 people from the administration\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Paray accused the agency of corruption. He eventually released the hostages after authorities complied with his demands.<\/p>\n

The officials of the security agency have resigned and apologized to Paray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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