TO:	The Secretary of Public Highways

WHEREAS, it appears that there are many officials and employees of the Offices of the Regional Director and the District Engineer at Cagayan de Oro City who were administratively charged in connection with the anomalous acquisition and payment of properties affected by rights-of-way, for which reason they were placed under preventive suspension pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 807, and

WHEREAS, in view of the seriousness of the charges against the aforesaid officials and employees, involving, as they do practices of Old Society that Undermine the faith of the people in the Government; of the fact that the Department of Public Highways could not thoroughly evaluate the voluminous documents and evidences for and against them within the period for preventive suspension allowed under existing laws; and of the need to prevent corrupt and undesirable elements from participating in the official business of that Department, it is deemed necessary to place said officials and employees under continous suspension until the administrative case against them shall have been finally disposed of.

NOW, THEREFORE, you are hereby directed to suspend the following officials and employees of the Offices of the Regional Director and the District Engineer at Cagayan de Oro City until their administrative cases are finally terminated, namely:

1. Florentino Sto. Domingo District Engineer 2. Procopio Molina Asst. Highway Dist. Engr 3. Agrifino Balaong Senior Legal Officer 4. Alfredo Picar Administrative Officer 5. Jose Piit Supervising Civil Engr. I 6. Lucio Lagbas Civil Engineer 7. Crisanto Nuevas Civil Engineer 8. Pelagio Elano, Jr. Civil Engineer 9. Hesperos Hallazo Civil Engineer 10. L. A. Estandarte Accountant II 11. Jose S. Pagapulaan Cashier II 12. Claudio S. Doong Cashier II 13. Senenito Guibone Accounting Clerk II 14. Romeo Pacursa C. E. Draftsman 15. Aquiles Mercado Messenger 16. Gotong Mercado   17 . Jun Cajilla   18. Ponciano Waslo   19. Leonardo Velez   20. Elias Valenzuela   21. Jessy Dofiles   22. Prudencio Labadon   23. Severino Calotes   24. Christopher Cabrera  

The formal investigation and decision on these cases should be expedited and terminated as soon as possible.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

39 VITAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS, 32 (1976)