Unpaid telephone bills amounting to P40,000 and registered under the name of former Iloilo Provincial Administrator Manuel Mejorada are now under review by the Iloilo Provincial Treasurer's Office.
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. said he asked for the review to know if these telephone bills being charged by the Globe Telecom Company from the provincial government was indeed used officially or for personal calls.
Defensor said if the investigation shows otherwise the province will not pay the bill and instead advise Mejorada to pay it himself.
The governor recalled a similar instance where a city-based company engaged in the sale and repair of cars also sent the provincial government bills for its services rendered under the administration of then Gov. Niel Tupas, Sr.
The bills amounting to P225,000 were purportedly for the repairs and car parts of three Nissan Patrol vehicles that were used by Tupas and his bodyguards.
The car company also sought the court assistance to collect the money borne out of the transactions from November 2007 to October 2009.
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