Last Thursday, September 18 Welhelm P.
Cubelo, appellant, said in mobile call that his bunkhouse was rummaged around
by Art Ruaza, Luarasia Pagadian project manager, with his cohorts.
Cubelo is among the contractors who demanded
payments for their completed housing projects of Kagitingan Heights, awarded
project to Laurasia Realty Corporation, Manila based developer, by the National
Housing Authority.
He expressed belief that the company is
harassing him for his participation on the move of some of the contractors in
bringing the issue to the Sangguniang Panglungsod.
In an interview, Jesse Eslit, caretaker,
said Ruaza quickly interred the bunkhouse at around 9:00 in the morning of
September 18. However, the former noticed that some items in the place were
missing after the group left the area.
He added the manager warned him to gun
anybody down who will take the steel bars out the place.
Ruaza had accused Cubelo of stealing the
construction materials from the company.
As of press time Ruaza is not available to
give his side.
Discontented, Eslit told reporters that at
noon another Laurasia personnel in the person of certain Miranda Lau went to
the place and threaten Cubelo’s men to imprison them.
He said their superior had legally bought
the construction materials from a hardware store.
“We have officials receipts to show that
the materials were [really] bought from the store,” Eslit said in Bisayan.
However, Miranda denied allegation of
taking intimidation action against Cubelo’s laborers.
“Wala jud nahitabo nga gun totting or any
intimidating action since from the start of our project,” Miranda said in a
text.
The incident was recorded in the blotter
sheet at the barangay Bogo of Pagadian City last September 19.
It maybe recalled that the group had asked
the SP for their intervention on their demand of payments on turned-over
projects and unpaid bills on construction materials weeks ago. –Pagadian Front
Line
