CEBU CITY – A municipal mayor in Cebu province and several others are facing criminal charges for the death of a construction worker in Dalaguete town, southern Cebu.
The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) said Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante should be held liable for the death of Jerson Enseñares who fell from about 30 feet while installing the metal trusses of a multi-purpose building in Barangay Maluray last June.
DALAGUETE town proper
Aside from Cesante, also charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide were the town’s municipal engineer Expedizitas Lenares and her personnel Engr. Fernando Armecin and Engr. Ernie Quilaton Amarado; Juan Paulo Castillo (junior project engineer, 2nd District Engineering Office); Peter Paul Dy Jr. (president, Power Frame Construction and Development Corp.); Arthur Kenneth Dy (vice president, Power Frame); Sally Marjorie Lugtu (treasurer, Power Frame); Mary Joy Dela Cruz (secretary, Power Frame); and Henry Dy (member, Power Frame).
The family of Enseñales sought help from the NBI-7 to investigate the accident.
The family complained that Enseñales did not have any safety gear like a hard hat or harness while working on the beam of the building.
The construction of the building was awarded by the municipality to Power Frame.
Lenares admitted that Enseñales did not have safety gear on when the accident happened.
“It was a lesson learned for us. We have to be strict with private contractors that they must observe safety requirements,” Lenares said.