No documents to support Divino’s claim
ROXAS CITY – Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 2nd Engineering District employee Gene Divino failed to show documents to support his claim regarding the agency's alleged substandard projects.
Divino along with District Engineer Nilo Gavia and Asst. District Engr. Hector Gargoles were the guests during the question hour in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) regular session last week.
Divino said all projects in the 2nd engineering district are substandard and did not follow the correct specifications.
He said the proper specification and standard quality level are never followed and complied with because materials actually used are different from those specified in the plan and therefore there is an obvious diversion of the project funds into private persons instead of these being used for the projects.
Board Member Ricky Martin asked Divino the documents to support his allegation that funds from the projects were pocketed by private persons, however, Divino admitted he has no documents to support his allegations.
“This is a serious allegation that should be supported and if you don’t have it we have to close the issue,” Martin said.
Meanwhile, Gavia assured that all projects in the 2nd Engineering District follow the specifications.
He said in his 25 years at DPWH he observed that all projects are implemented based ton the desired standard.
Gavia, who only assumed as district engineer recently, said he will lead the conduct of testing of all their projects to prove that they were implemented with the right specifications.