Oca as richest person ‘fake news’

CITY Administrator Teodoro Sabuga-a Jr. called out an image circulating online, showing Mayor Oscar Moreno as the top 10 richest person in the country, as fake news.

Sabuga-a said the image, which claims that Moreno has a total of $2.6 billion net worth in 2018 according to Forbes, is ridiculous.

“Ang pagpangilad nila, gitangtang nila si Andrew Ty sa top 10 ug gi-doktor nga gibutang ang ngalan ni Oca Moreno (They removed Andre Ty’s name and replaced it with mayor’s name). Klaro man kay dili pareha ang font style sa name ni mayor (It’s clear because mayor’s name has a different font syle),” he said.

The image was shared in a Facebook page known to be anti-administration.

“Gabe nga fake news. Ila ko man si mayor Moreno, kung wala siya nisulod sa pulitika, at the age of 60, magretire ni siya as senior officer sa Ayala ug kung nag-retire ni sya ddto, multimillionaire unta ni (It’s fake news. I know mayor Moreno, if he didn’t enter politics, at the age of 60, he could have retired as a senior officer in Ayala and be a multimillionaire),” Sabuga-a said.

Meanwhile allies of Moreno and officials of City Hall are taking to task a mayoral candidate for making false claims in his campaign.

During last Saturday’s debate among mayoral candidates sponsored by dxIF Bombo Radyo Cagayan de Oro, the incumbent mayor pointed out that the opposition candidate kept repeatedly harping about the cases lodged against him at the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan when most of them had been ruled in Moreno’s favor.

Allies of Moreno have responded to claims of La Vina by asking the bitter rival of Moreno:

If you insist ‘kawatan’ si Moreno, unsa man iyang gikawat?

City Engineer Ronald Pacuribut belied La Vina’s claim that the the classrooms are overpriced by P1 million each. Aside from the COA findings our classrooms are cheaper, they can be no truth to Lavina’s claim that the classrooms are overpriced by P1 million each. The Moreno administration has built over 600 classrooms from 2013 to the present.

“Ako siya ubanan sa sitio Man-ai, Tignapoloan para makita niya didto unom ka classrooms worth P6 million. Na kung gikawat ang P1 million/ classroom, wala unta classrooms nga nagtindog didto karun,” said Pacuribot.

Roads and Traffic Administration head Nonito Oclarit also belied La Vina’s accusation his traffic deputies are abusive and incompetent because they are not from Cagayan de Oro City.

“Kami pa man ganing gipang abusohan, uban traffic aide ginahulga,

gikulata, napatyan pa gyud mi dha sa Cogon,” Oclarit regrets.

Sabuga-a said that saying that Moreno has over a 100 cases does not mean ‘naay gikawat.’

“Tell the people of Cagayan de Oro, unsay nawala, kay gikawat man kaha, dili magsingita dha like a mad man,” Sabuga-a challenged La Vina.

“All the cases are trumped up, baseless and politically motivated. For example, the equipment rental cases when Moreno was governor, what did the COA say?”, Sabuga-a reiterated.

The COA in region 10 said that the equipment rental “It is incontrovertible that services have been rendered, services of equipment not found exceeding the prevailing rental rules, benefits enjoyed by the public, and the accomplishments duly recognized and cited.”

In the Ajinomoto case, what did the Court of Appeals say? he asked again: “The CA in dismissing the case said the city gained additional P300,000 from the tax collection case.”

“Puro ra gyud kini bakak si

Pompee,” Sabuga-a concluded.

In his rebuttal last Saturday, Moreno chided La Viña for resorting to “fake news” and “black propaganda” tactics in a desperate bid to win the city’s mayoral seat.

Moreno cited La Viña’s own questionable track record, saying La Viña had been sacked by the Palace from three government posts at the Departments of Agriculture and Tourism and the Social Security System (SSS).

Rather than directly address concerns like child welfare (see clip), Moreno said La Viña repeatedly kept raising the cases filed against him which were filed by the opposition Padayon Pilipino camp which La Viña is aligned with.

The mayor recently called on city residents to hold the opposition Padayon Pilipino bloc accountable for repeatedly blocking his program such as the dumpsite closure and reopening of new landfill, the expanded PhilHealth coverage for indigents and modernizing of the JR Borja City Hospital. (PJ Orias)