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NTC-10 to reinvestigate Emano’s P50M Telepono sa Barangay project

February 17, 2010

By Lizanilla J. Amarga

The regional office of the National Telecommunications Office (NTC-10) is now gearing up to investigate anew and re-check the installations and activities of the Emano Administration’s contractor for the P50 million Telepono sa Barangay flagship project.

NTC-10 regional director Engr. Teodoro Buenavista, Jr. said they had already conducted an investigation on the supplies, installations and even the technologies used by Supplier Contractor and Networking Telecommunications (Scantel) in putting up the Telepono sa Barangay Project in 2007 and 2008.

But this time, he said he would like to take a second look at the entire project because his NTC-10 team members were only able to check out eight of the 17 Telepono sa Barangay beneficiaries.

“Kay adtong panahona eight paman gyud ka barangays ang natauran,” he said yesterday.

He added that he would like to regroup his team members to look into the remaining nine barangays that SCANTEL and City Hall officials claim to have already been near-completion or even fully operational.

Buenavista explained that the violations of the telecommunication laws made by SCANTEL for the eight barangays then than that of the remaining nine barangays.

“Unya sige lang raba sila ug taud dayon wala pa silay permit kay ang gi-ingon sa amoang head office kay nag-plano pa sila ug kuha ug permit,” he said.

“Dili man mahimo nga mag-sige sila ug install ug padayon sa proyekto unya wala sila’y permit,” he added.

This paper failed to contact SCANTEL president Francisco Villapando, Jr. as of press time yesterday for his side on this matter.

Meanwhile, opposition City Councilor Roger Abaday already conducted his own ocular inspection on the Telepono sa Barangay installations at barangays Pagatpat and Canitoan last Friday, Feb, 5.

He said he tried the SCANTEL equipment that were installed and asked the barangay officials on the details of this telephone system project in their respective areas.

“Confirm the telephone you are calling is not functioning,” he said.

For opposition City Councilor Teodulfo Lao, Jr., he would not be pushing through with the special report he prepared regarding the latest development on this Telepono sa Barangay project undertaken by Emano Administration in 2003.

He said the media has explained to the public the details of this project.

“By the way I look at the issue, the public is now absorbing the fact that the Telepono sa Barangay is indeed a shenanigan because Mayor Tinnex Jaraula said that it didn’t adher to the level of performance as it should,” his text message reads.

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