Workers unload sacks of rice at a warehouse in Manila on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. George Calvelo, ABS CBN News

Ombudsman lifts preventive suspension of 72 NFA warehouse supervisors

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<p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> — The Office of the Ombudsman has lifted the preventive suspension of dozens of National Food Authority warehouse supervisors implicated in the allegedly irregular sale of rice buffer stock to select traders, saying their continued assignment to rice warehouses would influence the ongoing investigation.</p><p>The 72 warehouse supervisors were among 139 NFA officials and employees put on a six-month preventive suspension on March 1.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/5/nfa-can-still-function-despite-mass-suspension-of-personnel-da-exec-1526">RELATED: NFA can still function despite mass suspension of personnel — DA exec</a></div><p>The suspension stemmed from administrative charges of Grave Misconduct, Gross Neglect of Duty and Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service over the sale of NFA rice to select traders at a low price and without public bidding or authorization from the NFA Council.</p><div><br/></div><div 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data-tweet-id="1790200619443368307"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The supervisors are assigned to warehouses across Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Soccskargen,Caraga, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.</p><p>In lifting the order, the Ombudsman noted that the point of preventive suspensions is to keep respondents from influencing an investigation and to preserve evidence  that may be under the respondents’  control and custody.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/6/house-panel-to-investigate-alleged-improper-disposition-of-nfa-rice-stock-1715">READ: House panel to investigate alleged improper disposition of NFA rice stock</a></div><p>It said that the documents under the warehouse supervisors’ control are already with the Office of the Ombudsman.</p><p>“Moreover, there is insufficient ground to believe that their continued stay in office may prejudice the investigation of the case filed against them,” it also said.</p><p>“Thus, the continued preventive suspension of the afore-named Warehouse Supervisors is no longer necessary.”</p><div><strong>WHO ARE BEING REINSTATED?</strong></div><p>The Office of the Ombudsman has lifted the preventive suspensions of the following warehouse supervisors:</p><ol><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Arace Buenaventura</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Luigi Balbin</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Catherine Magcalas</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rodel De Vera</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Michael Soriano</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Luzille Pineda</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">John Richard Atayde</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Raul Balbuena</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Ma. Sherwin Camille Paulo</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Baby Esguerra</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Amparo Gaspar</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Mia Kristel Chico</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rosalina Naguit</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Lauro Castro</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Richard Ildefonso</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Gemarie Asturias,</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Cherryhill Mejico</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Gemini Hernandez</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Allen Marvin De Leon</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rubelyn Landicho</li><li id="isPasted" 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id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Genesis Zaspa</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Jowel Antiquina</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Dexter Navarro</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Andriano Sorobin</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Leticia Medel</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Lumerito Macugay</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Jason Lim</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rosemarie Miro</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rosaro Rendon</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Alemar Celecious</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Marco Sergio Bodiongan III</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Judie Ann Bongawan</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Almer Sunga</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Romulo Namurag III</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">John Ver Chua</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Junrie Dumas</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Catherine Torregosa</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Roque Ubias,</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Jeremy Caballero</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Cristina Carcel</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rose Baito</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Emily Delos Reyes</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Peter Nulia</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Gladys Bretaña</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Rita Porto</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Abraham Cahucom</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Maribel Balbin</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Marjorie Aline Dela Cruz</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Joel Valenzuela</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Jennevive Romero</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Joy Cabrera,</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Pepito Jumamoy</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Meriam Akas</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Anna Marie Amores</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Jayson Inso</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Amelia Leysa,</li><li id="isPasted" 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Susan Pawah</li><li id="isPasted" style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal">Kenney Guerrero</li></ol><div><strong>— with a report by Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HXPIAXdTezE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The 72 warehouse supervisors were among 139 NFA officials and employees put on a six-month preventive suspension on March 1.</p>

The 72 warehouse supervisors were among 139 NFA officials and employees put on a six-month preventive suspension on March 1.

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Ombudsman lifts preventive suspension of 72 NFA warehouse supervisors

Ombudsman lifts preventive suspension of 72 NFA warehouse supervisors

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