May GINTO sa PSBA-QC

Dito ako nagtapos ng college..

Eh bakit naman after 4 years of being in PSBA eh ang diggings lang na naramdaman ko eh yung sa pagtatayo ng MRT?

Eto ang balita…

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Source: INQ7.Net

THE blue-ribbon committee of the Quezon City Council has recommended the temporary closure of the Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) on Aurora Boulevard to give way to a new investigation into the alleged excavations undertaken in search of the fabled Yamashita treasure on the school grounds.

After ending its two-month investigation, the committee asked the Commission on Higher Education to consider the possibility of temporarily closing down the school to allow a closer inspection of the alleged excavation sites. The body chaired by Councilor Dante de Guzman said the sites should be dug up to “clear all matters of doubt.”

The new probe, it added, should be conducted by an independent contractor as it asked previous inspectors from the city engineering department to inhibit themselves from the case.

In a resolution, the committee said it was “inclined to believe” that the alleged diggings were true despite findings of the city engineering department which had said there were no visible signs of excavations inside the campus. Previous ocular inspections by representatives of the city government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources had yielded negative results.

But De Guzman noted that the inspections had not been thorough since the purported openings to the excavations had been cemented. The Inquirer repeatedly tried to reach PSBA officials for comment but calls were not immediately returned. A staff member at the dean’s office said only Dean Raul Addatu was authorized to speak about the matter, but he was not available.

Complainants led by Antonio Magtalas had called the attention of the city government to the alleged diggings.

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Source: Manila standard Today

Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. yesterday belied reports of an ongoing search for the fabled Yamashita hoard inside the compound of the Philippine School of Business Administration on Aurora Boulevard.

“I sent a team to verify… and our investigators found negative traces of any illegal excavations purposely for treasure hunting,” Belmonte said during a conference organized by the Quezon City Press Club.

He said the public order and safety department under Manuel Sabalza dispatched probers last May 5 and June 6 to get to the bottom of the controversy.

Earlier, a faculty member exposed the alleged digging had no permit and endangered the lives of the students and employees because the building on the site could collapse anytime.

Belmonte said the property used to be owned by Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon, prompting treasure hunters to suspect that a part of the Yamashita trove was buried in the school grounds.

“The place was once a farm of the late president and was then part of Marikina. But as shown by our investigation, there is no truth to the reported excavations, much less the presence of hidden treasure,” he said.

It could be recalled that District 3 Councilor Dante de Guzman had conducted a hearing on the alleged PSBA diggings.

He said his committee would recommend the closure of the school if the building is found to be in danger caving in due to the excavations.

“The report will be out anytime soon,” De Guzman told Standard Today.

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Source: Abante.com.ph

“Patunayan n’yo na hindi ligtas ang gusali namin. Walang naganap na paghuhukay dito!”

Ito ang galit na pahayag ng ilang opisyal ng Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) habang hinahamon ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Quezon City na maglatag ng mga pruweba para pangatwiranan ang ibinabanta nitong pagpapasara sa kanilang paaralan.

Sinabi pa ni Romeo Rafer, chief security ng PSBA na nasa panulukan ng Aurora Blvd. at Katipunan Road sa Quezon City, wala umanong katotohanan ang paratang na mayroong lihim na paghuhukay sa kanilang compound sa paghahanap sa umano’y nakabaong Yamashita treasure.

May safety certificate

Inilabas din ni Rafer ang sertipikasyon ng isang pribadong inhinyerong si Engr. Cunanan at maging ang sertipikasyong inisyu ng city engineering office ng Quezon City na nagpapatunay na ligtas ang gusali at walang anumang indikasyon ng sira o diperensya maging ang mga haligi nito.

Sa sukat na 2.4 ektarya ng compound nakatayo ang 4-palapag na gusali ng PSBA at kahit magsiyasat umano ang mga awtoridad ay makikitang matatag ang pundasyon nito at walang anumang paghuhukay sa naturang bakuran.

Dahil dito, sinisiguro ng PSBA management na nasa ligtas na kalagayan ang mahigit 7,000 estudyante ng PSBA, pati na ang buong faculty at mga empleyado ng paaralan.

Matatandaang nagbanta si Councilor Dante de Guzman, chairman ng Blue Ribbon committee ng Quezon City Council na nag-iimbestiga sa umano’y treasure hunting activities sa PSBA compound, na ipapasara niya ang naturang paaralan hanggang sa makahanap ito ng bagong lugar na pagtatayuan ng gusali sa sandaling mapatunayang naging kondenado ang school building dahil sa ‘unauthorized’ na paghuhukay.

Galit na faculty

Kahapon ay nagtungo ang Abante sa naturang paaralan upang hingan ng reaksyon sina Attys. Benjamin Paulino at Juan Lim, mga opisyal ng PSBA na itinuturong may pakana ng paghahanap sa nakabaong Yamashita treasure. Ang dalawa ang tinukoy ni Antonio Magtalas, dean at part-owner ng PSBA sa ipinarating na reklamo sa city government.

Ngunit kapwa umano nakabakasyon ang dalawa. Sa halip ay ilang galit na faculty members ang humarap sa Abante sa pangunguna ni Angelito Jocson. Hindi nila nagustuhan ang nalathalang ulat sa Abante at inakusahang walang katotohanan ang naturang ulat.

Inamin ng ilang propesor na naalarma ang mga estudyante ng paaralan sa naturang balita. Dahil dito ay masasakit na salita ang tinanggap ng may-akda (Noel Abuel) at driver-photographer ng pahayagang ito na si Noel Tolentino mula kay Jocson.

Panloob na intriga

Iginiit naman ng iba pang opisyal ng paaralan na tumangging magpatukoy na ‘internal problem’ lamang ang ugat ng umano’y paninira ni Magtalas sa PSBA. Ayon sa mga ito, pinatalsik umano ng apat na may-ari ng paaralan si Magtalas dahil sa usapin ng pera at posibleng gumaganti lamang umano ito.

Sinisikap ng pahayagan na makontak si Magtalas para magbigay ng kanyang panig.

CHED mag-iimbestiga rin

Nakatakdang imbestigahan ng Commission on Higher Education ang kontrobersyal na ‘Yamashita treasure hunting’ sa PSBA compound sa Quezon City.

Bukod umano sa kasong kriminal na isasampa sa mga opisyal na mapapatunayang nagkasala ay maaari rin umanong tanggalan ng lisensya ang paaralan.

Ayon kay CHED executive director Julito Vitriolo, malinaw umanong nakasaad sa Batas Pambansa 232 ang pangangalaga sa kaligtasan at kapakanan ng mga estudyante at kung mapapatunayang nilabag ito ng PSBA, kasama na ang kabiguang maibigay ang angkop na ‘school environment’ sa mga mag-aaral ay agad nila itong aaksyunan.

Ngunit sinuportahan ni Vitriolo ang ideya ng relokasyon bilang alternatibong solusyon.

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