A 54-year-old woman was arrested by the Antipolo City Police for presenting falsified public documents in seeking financial assistance from the city government, Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares said on Thursday, Jan. 11.

According to Ynares, the suspect, identified as "Olive" and a resident of Barangay de la Paz, went to the Mayor's Help Desk to ask for financial assistance.

When a city government employee started to inspect her documents which she claimed to have come from the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), Olive became irritable and shouted at the employee, prompting the security and the police to apprehend the suspect. I

They found out that the documents were fake.

Olive was charged with Unjust Vexation and Falsification of Public Documents.

"Lagi pong handang magbigay ng tulong ang ating tanggapan. Weekly ang ating pay out at libo-libong kababayan kada pay-out ang ating natutulungan. Sa dami ng mga beneficiaries weekly, sa Ynares Center na nga po natin ito ginagawa dahil kadalasan ay hindi na po tayo magkasya sa City Hall (The city government is always prepared to help those who come to our office. We hold our payouts weekly and thousands of our countrymen benefit from it. Due to the number of our beneficiaries, we are now conducting our weekly payouts at the Ynares Center as we cannot accommodate everyone at the City Hall)," Ynares said.

"Milyon-milyon din ang halagang lumalabas weekly kaya dapat talaga namin suriin ng mabuti ang mga dokumento at papeles na pinipresinta sa atin dahil ang perang lumalabas sa ating tanggapan ay hindi naman sa amin kundi pera ng taumbayan. Basta totoong mga nangangailangan, siguradong hindi namin po kayo tatalikuran o pababayaan (We are disbursing millions of pesos weekly for this program hence the need for us to scrutinize all documents and paper works being presented to us. Rest assured that as long as someone is really in need, we, in the city government will never turn our backs on them)," he added.