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Ex-Cebu City administrator, et al, indicted over P239-M garbage collection deal

Published Jul 28, 2025 06:16 pm
CEBU CITY – The former administrator of this city and several others were indicted by the Office of the Ombudsman for their alleged involvement in an anomalous P239-million garbage collection and disposal deal.
Former City Administrator Floro Quimque Casas Jr., Department of Public Services (DPS) head John Jigo Gaston Dacua, garbage collection and disposal officer-in-charge Grace M. Luardo-Silva, DPS inspection officer Allen Omlero Ceballos, City Treasurer’s Office inspectors Romelito Asinjo Datan and Mark Abarquez Ugbinar, city accountant Jerome Visarra Ornopia, and City Treasurer Mare Vae Fernandez Reyes were meted dismissal from service with accessory penalties of cancellation of civil service eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, permanent disqualification from holding public office, and a ban from taking civil service exams.
In a statement, the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) said respondents were found administratively liable for gross neglect of duty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
The Ombudsman issued the dismissal order in a resolution dated March 14.
The NBI-7 conducted an investigation after former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama filed a complaint in 2021 through Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution No. 15-0500-2021. Rama was vice mayor at the time.
The investigation focused on the Cebu City government’s contract with the joint venture of DOCAST Construction and General Supply and JJ&J Construction (DOCAST/JJ&J), which was tasked with collecting, transporting, and disposing of garbage for P1,800 per ton.
DOCAST/JJ&J had a separate agreement with ARN Central Waste Management Inc., the operator of a dumpsite in Barangay Binaliw.
Investigation showed that ARN charged only P600 per ton and issued Truck Scale Slips (TSS) for each delivery.
The company also allowed city and barangay-owned trucks to dump waste at the site, charging the same rate of P600 per ton through DOCAST/JJ&J.
According to the NBI-7, DOCAST/JJ&J failed to separate the tonnage delivered by its own trucks from those delivered by government trucks in its billing to the city.
It instead billed the entire tonnage at P1,800 per ton and made it appear that only its own trucks handled the deliveries.
On July 8, 2021, ARN banned DOCAST/JJ&J and city trucks from using its facility due to unpaid bills from January 29 to July 7. However, DOCAST/JJ&J continued to bill the city until Aug. 10 using Truck Scale Slips that were later found to be falsified.
NBI 7 said the falsification led to bloated tonnage reports and overbilling, resulting in a total loss of P239,728,280.62 in public funds.
The agency also noted how quickly city officials processed these payments when in some cases, checks were released just three to 12 days after the billing statements were submitted.

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