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Resorts World gunman tried to get reinstated in govt, but failed
Ina Reformina,
ABS-CBN News
Published Jun 05, 2017 05:59 PM PHT
MANILA - Jesse Javier Carlos, the lone assailant in the Resorts World Manila attack on June 2 that left 37 guests and employees dead, failed to convince the Court of Appeals (CA) to order his reinstatement in government after he was dismissed from the Department of Finance (DOF).
MANILA - Jesse Javier Carlos, the lone assailant in the Resorts World Manila attack on June 2 that left 37 guests and employees dead, failed to convince the Court of Appeals (CA) to order his reinstatement in government after he was dismissed from the Department of Finance (DOF).
The 43-year-old Carlos, a former DOF tax specialist, was ordered dismissed from the service by the Office of the Ombudsman on October 25, 2012 for “grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty” for failure to declare his house and lot in Tondo, Manila in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) from 2003 up to 2006.
The 43-year-old Carlos, a former DOF tax specialist, was ordered dismissed from the service by the Office of the Ombudsman on October 25, 2012 for “grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty” for failure to declare his house and lot in Tondo, Manila in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) from 2003 up to 2006.
The Ombudsman also found that he purchased two farm lots for P4-million but only had a total income of P2.4-million from 2001 up to 2011, and did not declare his wife’s business interest in Armset Trading in his 2010 SALN.
The Ombudsman also found that he purchased two farm lots for P4-million but only had a total income of P2.4-million from 2001 up to 2011, and did not declare his wife’s business interest in Armset Trading in his 2010 SALN.
The case stemmed from a complaint filed by the DOF-Revenue Integrity Protection Service (RIPS).
The case stemmed from a complaint filed by the DOF-Revenue Integrity Protection Service (RIPS).
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His dismissal was affirmed by the CA, through its Special 17th Division, on October 27, 2015, which found him guilty of “dishonesty.”
His dismissal was affirmed by the CA, through its Special 17th Division, on October 27, 2015, which found him guilty of “dishonesty.”
The appellate court ruled that there was basis to hold him liable for the original findings of "grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty” by the Ombudsman.
The appellate court ruled that there was basis to hold him liable for the original findings of "grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty” by the Ombudsman.
“[G]iven the fact that petitioner was not able to successfully overcome the onus of demonstrating that the properties identified by the Ombudsman to be undeclared in his SALN are owned by him and part of his unexplained wealth or that the omissions in his SALNs did not betray any sense of bad faith or the intent to mislead or deceive on his part, we are inclined to adjudge that petitioner is guilty of dishonesty," the appellate court said, through the ponencia of Associate Justice Marlene Gonzales-Sison.
“[G]iven the fact that petitioner was not able to successfully overcome the onus of demonstrating that the properties identified by the Ombudsman to be undeclared in his SALN are owned by him and part of his unexplained wealth or that the omissions in his SALNs did not betray any sense of bad faith or the intent to mislead or deceive on his part, we are inclined to adjudge that petitioner is guilty of dishonesty," the appellate court said, through the ponencia of Associate Justice Marlene Gonzales-Sison.
The CA also meted on Carlos the penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, and perpetual disqualification in government service.
The CA also meted on Carlos the penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, and perpetual disqualification in government service.
Carlos, said to have incurred huge debts amounting to over P4 million due to casino gambling, torched gaming tables and fired several shots in Resorts World Manila before setting himself on fire inside a room of an adjoining hotel.
Carlos, said to have incurred huge debts amounting to over P4 million due to casino gambling, torched gaming tables and fired several shots in Resorts World Manila before setting himself on fire inside a room of an adjoining hotel.
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