The Philippine National Police Legazpi City Station arrested a suspected fixer right at the DSWD Field Office at Buraguis Legazpi City during an entrapment operation on Tuesday.

The operation emanate from the request of DSWD, asking for police assistance because of the alleged illegal activities of fixers in the department.

An entrapment operation was immediately hatched yesterday afternoon with the help of the concerned DSWD’s client who reported the said irregularities which resulted to the arrest of the suspect Leuilyn Flores, 34 years old and a resident of Tagongtong, Legazpi City.

DSWD’s client from Homapon, Malinao, Albay accompanied her niece to ask for burial assistance of the latter’s husband on August 17, 2015.

Flores approached the client to give her an intake sheet but in exchange of P 500.00 upon receiving of the cash assistance. She also threatens the client if she did not give money to her.

On that same day, upon releasing the burial assistance, the entrapment was planned where the two met up to proceed with the transaction leading to the arrest of the culprit.

The five hundred bill mark money, which the client handed to Flores was recovered and will be used as evidence.
The DSWD Bicol warns the public to be vigilant to the fixers who charge certain fees for getting queue numbers on the medical and burial assistance of the department.

The assistance said is intended to help the persons in need and not to the ruthless people who take advantage to these vulnerable clients.

The agency would not tolerate any kind of irregularity and hope this also serves as a lesson to the public not to engage or transact with fixers.

The General Intake Sheet (GIS) is used in gathering information/data. The GIS serves as one of the basis for the assessment as to how much assistance to be extended to the client.

The field office releases 60 intake sheets for medical and burial clients’ every day. This is to ensure the fast, smooth, and organized processing of the assistance needed by the clients.

The clients will then be pre-screened by Crisis Intervention Section staff to check whether they brought the complete supporting documents for the assistance being requested.

Accordingly, the amount of financial assistance to be given to the clients shall be based on the assessment of the social worker.

Meanwhile, the requirements for medical /burial assistance include original and photo copy of medical abstract/medical Certificate with signature and license number of attending physician issued within three months, death certificate,original and photo copy of hospital bill or billing statement if hospitalized, doctor’s prescription, laboratory requests, original and photo copy of barangay certificate or residency/indigency, two photo copies of any valid ID of the client.

Under the Protective Services Unit, the E-AICS (Expanded Aid for Individuals in Crisis Situation) provides medical, educational, burial and transportation assistance to persons/families in crisis situations, specifically those belonging to the informal sector and other poor, marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged individuals.###