Baguio district engineer suspended for tampering

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the preventive suspension and filing of administrative charges against Baguio City District Engineer Rene Zarate for allegedly tampering with project records and refusing to submit documents to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI).

- By TRIXEE ROSEL

In a two-page order dated Sept. 22, Dizon placed Zarate under a 90-day preventive suspension following reports of possible alteration of records tied to flood control and other projects under the Baguio City District Engineering Office (BCDEO).

Zarate was charged with gross neglect of duty, gross insubordination, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service, and violation of the 2025 Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service (RACCS).