Administrative Order No. 18




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 18, August 14, 1998 ] CREATING A FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE AND DETERMINE THE INVOLVEMENT OF MS. DORIE CASTISIMO, PRESIDENTIAL ACTION CENTER EMPLOYEE, IN THE SALE OF FORMS ISSUED BY PACE WHEREAS, in a progress report dated 04 September 1998, initial investigation of one Irish Anastacio or Evelyn A. Velasquez shows that from her possession recovered were 21 pieces of filled up of bio-data forms of the Presidential Action Center (PACE), Office of the President, Malacañang, Manila, of different persons and Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) in denominations of Five Hundred Peso bills attached with the same bio-data and were kept inside a brown envelope; WHEREAS, in the course of the investigation, said suspect implicated a female employee of the PACE, Ms. Dorie Castisimo, who allegedly gave the former said bio-data forms issued by PACE and accepted the cash amount of Four Thousand Pesos (P4,000.00) on two separate occasions, 31 August 1998 and 01 September 1998; Now therefore, there is hereby created a FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE (herein after referred to as the Committee) for the purpose of investigating and determining all the facts and circumstances regarding the involvement of Ms. Dorie Castisimo, of PACE. The Committee shall be composed of: Atty. David S. Eñano Jr. Chairman Director IV, PAOCC Atty. Jonathan F. Baligod Member Director IV, PACE Restituto R. Cleofas Member Engineer’s Office Office of the President For the purpose of the investigation, the Committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating body under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and obtain documents, books, records and such other matters in the performance of its functions. The Committee shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Executive Secretary through the Deputy Executive Secretary for Administration and Finance, Office of the President. DONE in the City of Manila this 14th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety eight. (Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation