Rep. Zia Adiong, during the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability's final probe on the OVP and DepEd budget utilization under Vice President Sara Duterte, pointed out a number of alleged anomalies noticed in the acknowledgment receipts submitted by the Office of the Vice President during.
Some of the mentioned anomalies were the use of the same distinct ink by different persons, and the same signature strokes and handwriting supposedly being executed by different persons.
Some of the mentioned anomalies were the use of the same distinct ink by different persons, and the same signature strokes and handwriting supposedly being executed by different persons.
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00:00Another anomaly this committee noticed was the use of a very unique ink in the shade of blue
00:06in several acknowledgement receipts from the Office of the Vice President.
00:11At first glance, Mr. Chair, we found that these acknowledgement receipts,
00:15which supposedly were signed by different persons in different months,
00:19clearly have the same unique shade of blue ink.
00:23There are many different types of pens, Mr. Chair, we know that.
00:27There are fountain pens, signed pens, or whatever in the Philippines available in the market.
00:32But what are the chances, Mr. Chair,
00:34that the same ink would be used for two or more acknowledgement receipts
00:39submitted by the Office of the Vice President?
00:42If you ask me, Mr. Chair, the chances are very, very low.
00:46Especially, Mr. Chait, if you look at it, this ink is not cheap.
00:51It is expensive to buy a ball pen.
00:53It is not common to use a ball pen.
00:57What is more convincing, Mr. Chair, for me,
01:00is that only one person probably made these acknowledgement receipts
01:04and they are not the ones who received the funds as indicated in the acknowledgement receipts.
01:10Mr. Chair, my staff was also able to find acknowledgement receipts in different names,
01:15but the strokes, or what we call the writing of their signatures,
01:20were identical.
01:24Two different persons, but the same identical strokes of signatures.
01:30Incidentally, Mr. Chair, these were all done in March of 2023.
01:36Moreover, Mr. Chair, these signatures all bear the same figure,
01:40done two or three times.
01:43It's hard to believe, Mr. Chair, that such common signatures would appear like this.
01:47I admit that I'm not an expert in this kind of analysis,
01:50unlike those at the NBI because they are the ones who are competent in doing this examination.
01:55But based on what I know, Mr. Chair,
01:57these coincidences are too hard to ignore.
02:00In any event, Mr. Chair,
02:03this committee is being evaluated by the NBI
02:07to make sure that these signatures are signed by the same person.
02:11Look at the monitor.
02:13The same strokes, different persons.
02:16We also found out, Mr. Chair, that two acknowledgement receipts,
02:19both in the name of Milky Sikuya,
02:22both had done on the same day,
02:24the same signature on the same day,
02:27same address in Zambales,
02:29and using the same pen,
02:31however, have totally different signatures.
02:34Look at this.
02:35It's different.
02:37The same day, the same date, same name,
02:40but different signatures.
02:43I have a question, Mr. Chair.
02:45Did the person who signed this receipt suddenly forget how they signed in the middle of the same day?
02:50Did he make a mistake in signing and then signing another acknowledgement receipt?
02:56Didn't you?
02:57If you already received it, you won't sign and you won't receive another acknowledgement or payment.
03:03It could have been acceptable, Mr. Chair,
03:06if there was merely a small variance between the signatures.
03:09Although, as we can see, these two signatures are wholly different from each other,
03:14which only leads to the conclusion, Mr. Chair,
03:17that whoever made these ARs was not actually this Milky Sikuya.
03:23This is truly mind-boggling, Mr. Chair, to say the least.
03:27Another, Mr. Chair, another character who we found is a certain Alice Cresencio.
03:36There were three different acknowledgement receipts in the name of one Alice Cresencio
03:42submitted by the Department of Education in her name.
03:45Those are three acknowledgement receipts from the same agency, Department of Education, bearing the same name.
03:53However, Mr. Chair, similar to our friend, remember Kokoy Villamin, whom we presented in the previous hearing?
04:00Similar to our friend Kokoy Villamin, Mr. Chair, there were three different signatures.
04:05It is also noteworthy, Mr. Chair, that Ms. Alice was apparently, according to these ARs,
04:12was in different parts of the Philippines.
04:14She was first signed in Pasay City,
04:18then she was signed in Iligan City, Mindanao,
04:22and then she was signed in my province, Salanao del Sur.
04:25She was also signed there.
04:27Maybe she was also there according to the acknowledgement receipt.
04:30So, this name, Mr. Chair, leaves a lot of questions.
04:36That is why I said that questions are arising.
04:38These names, Mr. Chair, are not common.
04:41We do not hear the name Alice Cresencio much.
04:44It is not a common name.
04:45If it is Maria something, that is a common name.
04:48But this is an uncommon name.
04:50And the chances are, what are the chances, Mr. Chair,
04:53that three different individuals, persons, have the same names and spelling?
05:00What are the chances, Mr. Chair,
05:02all receiving the same confidential funds for different purposes from the same agency, which is DepEd?
05:13This is a huge coincidence, Mr. Chair.
05:16Actually, it is mind-boggling.
05:18For me, if we think about it, it is a bit crazy.
05:24I'm sorry to use the term.
05:27This is a bit crazy.
05:29The more likely explanation that I would like to think about
05:35is that the signatories of these ARs are not coordinated.
05:44Maybe they did not coordinate
05:47and they failed to probably overlook the possibility that they may use the same name.
05:56Signing three different ARs from three different locations.
06:03You can use one name, which is, in this case, Alice Cresencio.
06:09Mr. Chair, but that is not the end of the coincidences that we see in the acknowledgement receipts.
06:15Mr. Chair, it is also these representations.
06:19It is my privilege and honor, Mr. Chair, to introduce to you Ms. Sally and Ms. Sheila.
06:27These will have different names, Mr. Chair,
06:30and they will probably have different names.
06:32That is why they have different names.
06:35But what is the difference, Mr. Chair?
06:38And what do we notice in their acknowledgement receipts?
06:42From DepEd, as seen on the screen,
06:45they only have one signature, Ms. Sally and Ms. Sheila.
06:51This is also the opposite of Kokoy Williamin.
06:53Kokoy has the same name but has one signature.
06:57Ms. Sheila and Ms. Sally also have the opposite.
07:00They have different names but have the same signature.
07:06These are two different persons, Mr. Chair, from two different addresses, I would assume.
07:12However, they have the exact same signature with the exact same strokes.
07:17And maybe they used the same ink pen, Mr. Chair.
07:20And they are from different places, Mr. Chair.
07:23Mr. Johnny is also from Surigao.
07:27So it makes you think, Mr. Chair, that what are, again, the chances
07:31that once again the two different people from Digos City and Surigao City,
07:36being more than 400 kilometers away from each other,
07:40have the same exact name and the same signature.
07:44Two people signing the same acknowledgement receipts.
07:50Two different people signing with the same signatures in two different locations
07:55which are 400 kilometers apart from each other.
07:57I am from Mindanao, so I know how far Digos and Surigao are.
08:02For me, Mr. Chair, only one person did these acknowledgement receipts.
08:06But merely changed his handwriting style from print to script in writing,
08:10the name and the addresses, but also forgetting, Mr. Chair, probably to change the signature.
08:15That is the only possible answer I can think of.
08:19And because of this, Mr. Chair, I believe that this receipt was again merely fabricated.
08:26We have all been introduced to our new characters, Mr. Chair,
08:29Alice, Cresencio, Milky Way, Kuya, Sally, and Ms. Sheila.
08:34But let us not also forget our original friends na pinakilala ng komite na ito.
08:39One of the stars on the issue, Mr. Chair, of the Confidential Fund is one, Mr. Kokoy Villamin.
08:45I mentioned him to you earlier, and this was also presented in the previous hearings.
08:51Mr. Kokoy Villamin, who happens to receive Confidential Funds from both the OVP and the DepEd.
08:56If you remember, Mr. Chair, Mr. Kokoy Villamin is one of the first to be noticed by this committee,
09:05perhaps because of his unusual name and his unusual signatures.
09:12Napanood din po natin, Mr. Chair, at napanood ng committee ito,
09:16ang interview kay PSA Assistant National Statistician Mariza Grande,
09:23na tinitingnan nila ang pangalan niya sa kanilang records,
09:26at isiniwalat niya na wala silang makitang records pertaining to Mr. Kokoy Villamin.
09:33This was brought about by the request of Congresswoman Jinky Loistro.
09:37Para po makonfirm natin na may tao talagang tao nito, we need to seek the assistance of PSA and NBI.
09:43Pero according sa kanila, wala po silang records na may tao pong Mr. Kokoy Villamin,
09:49according kay PSA Assistant National Statistician Mariza Grande.
09:54Base po sa kanilang initial findings na ito ng PSA,
09:58mas panatag ako, Mr. Chair, na ang Confidential Funds na di umano'y binigay kay Mr. Villamin,
10:04ay hindi talaga sa kanya napunta at hindi talaga itong totoong tao.
10:09I mean, common sense would dictate, Mr. Chair,
10:12that same name bearing the same name ay hindi magkakaroon ng dalawang signatures.
10:22And it reinforces our original questions kung meron po bang mga taong ganito.