By Mortz C. Ortigoza
CALASIAO - Because of the proliferation of the illegal
number game Peryahan ng Bayan (PnB) in Pangasinan, the administrator of a
franchised small town lottery (STL) blamed the leadership of the Philippines
Charity Sweepstakes Office on the collection deficit it faced.
Speed Game,
Incorporated (SGI) Administrator Anthony Ang-angco exposed the incompetence of
the PCSO in a symposium held in a restaurant here when it allowed PnB of Globaltech
Mobile Online Corporation to compete with SGI in the number game business in
the forty-four towns and four cities’ province.
“You don’t do
your part!” a smarting Ang-angco told lawyer Wesley A. Barayuga the
corporate board secretary of the PCSO during the meeting held at Antonio’s
Catering Events Place here.
The SGI Administrator explained that the problem spawned by PnB gnawed its (SGI) contracted remittances to the national government.
The SGI Administrator explained that the problem spawned by PnB gnawed its (SGI) contracted remittances to the national government.
“Pero we are binding with the agreement na ang aming other payment kailangan din namin iyong declare share kami. So kung
humahaba po iyong (inaudible) lumalaki ang utang mabuti lang sana kung PCSO
lang ang may share doon. Kaya lang sa part namin sa Speed Game we are doing every
single part”.
SGI has to remit
P3.9 million a day or P177 million Presumptive Monthly Retail Receipt (PMRR) to
the PCSO where the latter use them as funds for the social and medical needs of
the indigents all over the country.
Ang-angco rebutted
Barayuga and other PCSO officer because the latter defended the Status Quo Ante
Order (SQAO) that resulted to the proliferation of the illegal activities of
PnB.
He said that the
lawyer should not stick on the May 17, 2016, October 11, 2016, and April 24,
2017orders of Regional Trial Court Judge Nicanor V. Manalo in Pasig City because all them were
superseded by the Court of Appeals’ order of
January 14, 2019.
The chronology of
these orders were reported before in this newspaper, excerpts:
Both PCSO and Globaltech filed with each other at the CA a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court.
Docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 151727, PCSO assailed the orders dated May 17, 2016, October 11, 2016, and April 24, 2017 of Judge Manalo of the Regional Trial Court Branch 161 in Pasig City.
Docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 154056, Globaltech assailed the order dated October 13, 2017 of the same judge.
In a decision rendered by the Court of Appeals in January 14, 2019, it dismissed both petitions.
In the October 11, 2016 order, the RTC modified its decision on May 17, 2016 by directing the PCSO to suspend its Notice of Termination to Globaltech, to observe the SQAO and send PCSO representatives to draw centers of the plaintiff daily to conduct the Peryahan ng Bayan’s game.
The lawyer of SGI said it no longer need to obey the SQAO because of the changes in the October 11, 2016 order of the RTC.
He cited that the penultimate April 24, 2017 order of Judge Manalo neither reinstated the SQAO when it modified the October 11, 2016 Order nor set aside the deferment of the suspension of the PCSO’s notice of termination on February 19, 2016.
The lawyer summed up the judicial directives for Globaltech to post a
bond equivalent to the amount of Php50, 336, 029.73 as per RTC Order dated
April 24, 2017 and the parties to immediately submit themselves to arbitration
conformably with the terms of their written agreement and A.M. No. 07-11-08-SC
or the Special Rules of Court on Alternative Dispute Resolution as per Court of
Appeals’ decision dated January 14, 2019.
“Neither can the OGCC (Office of the Government Corporate Counsel - Editor) rely on the portion of the Court of Appeals decision discussing the validity of the SQAO. Despite the discussion of the Court of Appeals did not reinstate the SQAO in the dispositive portion of its decision. Had the Court of Appeals intended to extend the relief contained in the SQAO to Globaltech, it would have been easy for it to state so. It did not”.
“Neither can the OGCC (Office of the Government Corporate Counsel - Editor) rely on the portion of the Court of Appeals decision discussing the validity of the SQAO. Despite the discussion of the Court of Appeals did not reinstate the SQAO in the dispositive portion of its decision. Had the Court of Appeals intended to extend the relief contained in the SQAO to Globaltech, it would have been easy for it to state so. It did not”.
“So, nakakahiya man sa inyo kung dahil lang
naman po sa PCSO mali mali po iyong sinasabi ninyo ang stand ninyo ang status
quo,” Angangco emphatically
said.
In that meeting
Doctor Venus Denzel, a high official of the PCSO, said that Peryahan ng Bayan
was illegal.
“We are here to inform everybody na ang
Peryahan ng Bayan na operation in Pangasinan is deemed illegal period!” she told the crowd composed of several mayors in
the province, lawyers from the provincial and city prosecutor offices,
Philippine National Police led by Provincial Director Colonel Redrico Maranan
and his S-3 or Operation Chief Lt. Colonel Charles Umayam, National Bureau of
Investigation, officers from the Criminal Investigation Detection Group from
the PNP, media, and other stakeholders.
The illegal
operation of PnB can be cited too by the following: Under-remittance of sales due to PCSO
during the experimental test run which ballooned to P506 million including
penalties as of January 23, 2019; PnB tickets or receipts are not generated
using mobile handheld terminals as agreed upon with PCSO under the implementing
rules and regulations (IRR) and the DOA; Only the following games were approved
by PCSO only during the experimental test run like Hulog Holen, Lucky Tres –
Standard and Sum Side Bet, Throw Coins Main Game.
These games should
be played through localized draws at respective PCSO designed draw courts.
Draws should be conducted by PCSO personnel with the assistance of Globaltech
personnel. Instead, Globaltech now conducts PnB draws without the supervision
of the PCSO staff looking at.
Ang-angco assailed the
PCSO’s brass when he said that PnB has limited franchise to operate in
Pangasinan to five towns and a city like Villasis, Labrador, Binmaley, and
others and Urdaneta City.
“So ngayon the question is bakit sila
naglalaro province wide? Now the whole province was occupied by Globaltech
Peryahan ng Bayan!”
Because of
corruption issues of the PCSO officials and collusion with the Authorized
Agent Corporations (AAC), President Rodrigo Duterte halted Friday evening all
games like Lotto, Small Town Lottery (STL), Peryahan ng Bayan, and Keno.
He explained that
the stoppage was due to an alleged grand conspiracy among the major players and
enforcers to cheat the government of its rightful shares.
Silvestre A Rayos Jr.: It’s a quarrel among legitimate and illegitimate thieves, yan tuloy, everybody is on the take, hehehe
ReplyDeleteRodrigo Orduna: Hehehe may naamoy akong mangyayare diyan sa desisyon ni du30 na ipinatigil ang sugal ng pcso sa darating na mga araw mag uumpisa na naman ang operation ng jueteng mag uumpisa muna sa guerilya ang operasyon hangang darating na buong pobinsiya ang operasyon na hahawakan ng isang bata ng dating tunay na gambling lord sa pangasinan.
Jose Edwin Tandoc Rodrigo Orduna: hehehe Bos ur guess is as good as mine
Skiereme Oirelav Yagarac : Dami kasi addict sa gobyerno..
Skiereme Oirelav Yagarac: Addict sa pera.
Untalan Mon: Tama na yan argumento my order na sundin na nganga lhat pti ako mnnaya nganga dn mahjong sabong tong eats bulaga nlang tau tuloy prn ang buhay o dvah!
Richard Lamsen : Yan tuloy nadamay ang d dapat nadamay lalo n ang lotto ng dahil sa mga nag aaway sa dalawang weteng n yan 😆😆😆 hay susss miyus 😆 pero ok narin pra malaman narin ng taong bayan kung san saan pupunta ang kini kita nyan 👎🏿 sa iilang tao👎🏿 ang mga corrupt n officials lalo n mga pcso and ?????😆😆😆
Richard Lamsen : Palitan nlng ang mga names ng STL at PERYAHAN dapat ipalit ganito PERCENTAGE mas ok dba 😆 bkit k nyo puro pursiyento ang nangyayari eh😆😆😆
Jose Edwin Tandoc: Dami pa pa ek ek Idol
Rosendo O So: Stop Jueteng .
Silvestre A Rayos Jr.: Rosendo O So , jueteng will outlive everybody, gatasan at bigasan yan ng pulitico , pulis, DILG