Officer in funds mess may get new job
A MILITARY officer being investigated for his role in the questionable distribution of confidential funds is being considered for reassignment to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Security and Protection Group, The Manila Times learned Wednesday. The officer, Lt. Col. Dennis Nolasco, was deputy commander of the recently deactivated Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG), and is being investigated by the Office of the Provost Marshal General for his involvement in the illegal disbursement of confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd). A military source sent The Manila Times a copy of a document where AFP chief Gen. Romeo Brawner asked the commanding general of the Philippine Army, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, and commander for the General Headquarters and Headquarters Service Command, Brig. Gen. Armand Arevalo, for comments on the reassignment of Nolasco to the ASPG. Based on the document, Nolasco will be temporarily assigned at the AFP Education, Training and Doctrine Command effective May 6 and is "projected to be designated as deputy" to the ASPG. Nolasco and former VPSPG commander Col. Raymund Dante Lachica are being investigated for the confidential fund mess at the OVP and the DepEd when Vice President Sara Duterte was its secretary. The investigation could lead to a court-martial for the two officers if it establishes probable cause. During the hearing of the House Committee on Good Government on Nov. 24, former DepEd special disbursing officer Edward Fajarda said he turned over P37.5 million in confidential funds to Nolasco, who was acting as the DepEd' security officer during the time of Vice President Duterte. The ASPG is the special detail battalion under the AFP, which provides security not only to the vice president but also very important persons as approved by the Department of National Defense. The AFP earlier denied that the VPSPG was going to be "disbanded" but said it would be "reorganized." Meanwhile, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel said that they want to see the result of the AFP investigation of Lachica and Nolasco but urged the military to be "swift but fair."
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A MILITARY officer being investigated for his role in the questionable distribution of confidential funds is being considered for reassignment to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Security and Protection Group, The Manila Times learned Wednesday.
The officer, Lt. Col. Dennis Nolasco, was deputy commander of the recently deactivated Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG), and is being investigated by the Office of the Provost Marshal General for his involvement in the illegal disbursement of confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd).
A military source sent The Manila Times a copy of a document where AFP chief Gen. Romeo Brawner asked the commanding general of the Philippine Army, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, and commander for the General Headquarters and Headquarters Service Command, Brig. Gen. Armand Arevalo, for comments on the reassignment of Nolasco to the ASPG.
Based on the document, Nolasco will be temporarily assigned at the AFP Education, Training and Doctrine Command effective May 6 and is "projected to be designated as deputy" to the ASPG.
Nolasco and former VPSPG commander Col. Raymund Dante Lachica are being investigated for the confidential fund mess at the OVP and the DepEd when Vice President Sara Duterte was its secretary.
The investigation could lead to a court-martial for the two officers if it establishes probable cause.
During the hearing of the House Committee on Good Government on Nov. 24, former DepEd special disbursing officer Edward Fajarda said he turned over P37.5 million in confidential funds to Nolasco, who was acting as the DepEd' security officer during the time of Vice President Duterte.
The ASPG is the special detail battalion under the AFP, which provides security not only to the vice president but also very important persons as approved by the Department of National Defense.
The AFP earlier denied that the VPSPG was going to be "disbanded" but said it would be "reorganized."
Meanwhile, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel said that they want to see the result of the AFP investigation of Lachica and Nolasco but urged the military to be "swift but fair."
