“NOT one punong barangay from Region XII made to the dreaded list of barangay officials who had been placed on a six-month preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman”.

This was confirmed over the weekend by RD Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III as she thanked all the field personnel and local officials about the latest “achievement” for the Region.

In a press release, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Ano released the names of 89 punong barangays from all over the country who were suspended following the filing of complaints by the Department “for anomalies and irregularities involving the implementation of the first tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).”

(DILG XII RD Leysa ducks, seeks cover and holds tightly the table during the drill)

In an atmosphere of increased vigilance and alarm over local Covid 19 transmissions, the Department of the Interior and Local Government XII, under the leadership of DILG XII Regional Director and Vice-Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness of RDRRMC XII, RD Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III, led the whole force of Regional Office XII during the 3rd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on September 10, 2020.