EX-VILLAGE EXEC GETS 2 YEARS FOR FAKING DRIVER’S LICENSES

A FORMER barangay official was sentenced to two years imprisonment for falsification of driver’s licenses.

In a statement on Wednesday, Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said a municipal trial court in Iloilo also  ordered Mary Jane Bama to pay a fine of P5,000 for her illegal activities.

Bama was convicted of five counts of falsification by a private individual under Article 172, Paragraph 1 in relation to Article 171 of the Revised Penal Code.

The LTO in Region 6 filed the case against Bama as part of the agency’s crackdown on fixers and other illegal activities.

Mendoza lauded the leadership of LTO-Iloilo for going all out against fixers, resulting in the conviction of a former barangay official.

According to Mendoza, it has been his stand when he assumed office to punish unscrupulous individuals using the agency in their personal interests.

The LTO chief said that the penalties meted on Bama should serve as a strong message to all people engaged in illegal activities using the LTO.

The agency, he added, wants to ensure that no clients would be duped.

“Hindi tayo papayag na may mga kliyente tayong nai-scam ng mga taong ito dahil bawat sentimong kanilang binibitawan ay mahalaga dahil pinaghirapan ito,” Mendoza said.

“Magsilbi sana itong aral sa iba na tumigil na sa kailang mga ilegal na gawain,” he added.