University of
Santo Tomas (UST) - The Administration of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and
AB Student Council (ABSC) clarify that further investigations on the lost
50,000 PHP worth of funds are being done and that Type B uniform designs have
been submitted.
Last Feb. 10, a face-to-face
dialogue with the members of the administration and AB Student Council (ABSC)
was held at the AB Lecture Hall, where most discussions covered updates
regarding the loss of 50,000 PHP worth of funds and implementation of wearing
the Type B uniform.
It is reported that the funds went
missing last October 24, 2014. According to the administration and ABSC, hearings
have been cancelled and re-scheduled several times due to incidences that
hinder the members of the panel to become complete for the investigation.
The ABSC president, Marie Jann Klaire
Lazo clarified that a specific schedule for the hearing hasn’t
been announced yet due to certain time conflicts occurring because of different
college activities that the Student’s Welfare Development Board (SWDB) still
needs to attend to.
“Andoon ako nung nawala siya (50K).”
Lazo stated. She also added that the amount of cash wasn’t placed
inside a vault but rather it was inside the bag of the treasurer, Julienne
Avila.
"It is going to be a fact
finding session." Asst. Professor Narcisa N. Tabirara, the assistant dean
of the faculty of arts and letters and coordinator of the SWDB stated.
According to her, members of the ABSC had to prepare their statements and
narratives which had to be reviewed by the administration.
She also added that she reffered to
some legal opinion which she cannot discuss further in order to keep the
investigation process private. The assistant dean clarified that the ABSC
members will be called individually to verify facts to the panel in order to
come up with findings for the investigation.
Tabirara also stated that, the
situation was that certain amout ofmoney was lost in the custody of the student
council and that she believes that in order to prevent such incident from
happening again, persons in charge of safe keeping should be careful with the
huge amount of money that they are holding.
She also addressed that in order to
avoid such loss of amount; process of disbursements should be reviewed and
approved by an adviser.
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