Five (5)
fake professionals – a medical technologist, a criminologist, a civil engineer
and two teachers -- were recently convicted by the courts to jail. In its
year-end accomplishment report, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) –
Baguio Regional Office claimed continued success in strictly enforcing
professional regulatory laws to protect public health, welfare and safety. Upon
PRC complaint, the courts sentenced the bogus professionals to prison terms up
to four years and nine months with fines for falsification of public documents
and one for perjury.
The fake
professionals were caught trying to renew their forged Professional ID Cards
while some submitted documents later found spurious when verified by the Civil
Service Commission. During investigation by the National Bureau of
Investigation, some admitted having paid fixers to have their test papers
re-checked or reconsidered. After paying the fixers, they received by mail
forged professional ID, official report of ratings, and certificate of
registration. The 2015 convictions brings to ten (10) the number of convicted
pseudo professionals since PRC Baguio began its campaign against fixers and
syndicates.
PRC
Regional Director Teofilo Gaius M. Sison, Jr. warned the public against fixers
and reiterated the PRC policy that exam results are final -- no re-checking or
reconsideration -- pursuant to PRC Resolution No. 204-223. He added that
employers should verify first with PRC the documents submitted by applicants
for employment or promotion. Sison also thanked the Civil Service
Commission-CAR and the National Bureau of Investigation-CAR for their full
support and cooperation in the campaign against bogus professionals.
Source : prcbaguio.blogspot.com
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