Empleados de Recreación y Deportes de Trujillo Alto cobraban sin trabajar

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La Contraloría de Puerto Rico publicó el resultado de una investigación sobre la asistencia de tres empleados del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes de Trujillo Alto, desde septiembre de 2018 a octubre de 2019. 

La querella alega que un coordinador de recreación y deportes, un instructor de boxeo aficionado y una instructora de voleibol registraron jornadas completas de trabajo, aunque no cumplían con su horario de trabajo. Además, se indica que el director del Departamento tenía conocimiento de dichas situaciones.

La investigación reveló que los tres funcionarios incluyeron tiempo no trabajado en sus hojas de asistencia. La asistencia la remitían al director del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes para ser aprobadas, quien las tramitaba para pago al Departamento de Recursos Humanos.

El coordinador de recreación y deportes registró manualmente 318 horas laborables en sus hojas de trabajo, el cual realizó para completar sus jornadas de trabajo y asistir a las prácticas y juegos de baloncesto.

Los auditores detectaron que el coordinador es también el apoderado de los equipos de baloncesto del Municipio desde el 2018. Sin embargo, el Departamento de Recursos Humanos no tenía ninguna carta que autorizara su labor de dirigente como tiempo trabajado, ni la legislatura municipal había aprobado ordenanza alguna al respecto. No obstante, el director del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes del Municipio consideró que el tiempo registrado como dirigente era parte de su trabajo como empleado municipal.

Por otro lado, la instructora de voleibol, que era empleada de una institución universitaria, no registraba diariamente su jornada de cinco horas, de 5:00pm a 10:00pm, sino al final de cada quincena. Los auditores detectaron 153 ocasiones en las cuales sus ponches de salida de la universidad confligían con su entrada al Municipio. Además, para el periodo auditado se registraron 77 horas que no fueron trabajadas en el Municipio.

La instructora de voleibol por su parte, creó equipos competitivos y cobró $70 mensuales con los participantes más sobresalientes de las clínicas de voleibol. Ninguna ordenanza establecía el cobro de este tipo de matrícula, ni era un concepto de recaudo por parte de Recaudaciones del Municipio.

El informe señala también que el instructor de boxeo aficionado registró jornadas completas de trabajo de cinco horas diarias, los días 25 y 27 de junio y 26 de septiembre de 2019, en los cuales participó en conferencias de prensa y dos pesajes en calidad de boxeador profesional. Estos eventos de boxeo se celebraron en la instalación deportiva municipal.

Por estas situaciones se pudieron haber configurado los delitos de apropiación ilegal agravada, archivo de documentos o datos falsos, traspaso de documentos falsificados y violaciones a la Ley Orgánica de la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental de Puerto Rico, entre otros. Además, el director del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes municipal pudo haber cometido el delito de incumplimiento en el deber al no haber cumplido con su responsabilidad ni con las disposiciones establecidas en la ley y la reglamentación aplicable.

Las conclusiones de esta investigación se remitieron a la consideración del secretario de Justicia y del director ejecutivo de la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental el 3 de mayo de 2022. Además, se le recomienda al alcalde que evalúe la posibilidad de realizar un recobro y que tome las medidas administrativas que entienda de conformidad con los resultados de esta investigación.

El resultado de esta investigación, con fecha del 9 de septiembre de 2022, está disponible en www.ocpr.gov.pr.

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St Lucia Kings defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

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 St Lucia Kings defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 61 runs in Caribbean Premier League Twenty/20 at the Darren Sammy Stadium at Gros Islet St Lucia last night.

The scores: St Lucia Kings 161-9 off 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 60 off 35 balls, Johnson Charles 41 off 32 balls, Dwaine Pretorius 3-37), St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 100 off 19 overs (Evin Lewis 24 off 9 balls, Mathew Forde 3-19, David Wiese 3-17).

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Iga Swiatek is the 2022 US Open Champion

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 World number one, Iga Swiatek capped a dominant season by beating Tunisian fifth seed, Ons Jabeur at the US Open last Saturday to win her second major title of 2022.

Poland’s Swiatek, 21, won 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) to secure the season’s final Grand Slam trophy on the New York hard courts.

After a one-sided first set, 28-year-old Jabeur settled midway through the second but it was not enough to stop Swiatek clinching a third major title.

Swiatek’s previous two wins both came on the clay at the French Open.

Jabeur also lost in the Wimbledon final in July, and her wait for one of the sport’s four most prestigious titles continues.

The Flushing Meadows final was a meeting between the two leading players on the WTA Tour this year, but Swiatek demonstrated why there is such a big gap between her and the rest with a largely dominant performance.

Swiatek remains the world number one, and would have done so even if she had lost, with Jabeur moving up to a joint career-high ranking of second after reaching the final.

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Britain’s Joe Salisbury and America’s Rajeev Ram wins the US Open Men’s Doubles Title

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 Britain’s Joe Salisbury and America’s Rajeev Ram edged a close final to become the first pair this century to retain the US Open Men’s Doubles Title.

They won 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 against Englishman, Neal Skupski and Dutchman, Wesley Koolhof.

Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge were the last pair to win successive US Open Titles in 1995-96.

During the final, Salisbury donned a black armband and Skupski wore a black ribbon in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

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High command expresses condolences after cop is killed in Portmore Loop Jamaica

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The Police High Command has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of a Police Detective Sergeant who was fatally stabbed while trying to quell an altercation between two men on Baptist Road, Caymanas, St Catherine on Saturday, September 11.

The policeman Victor Francis, was a detective who was assigned to the Centre for the Investigations of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) Headquarters.

Reports from the Caymanas police are that at about 6:35 pm, Francis observed two men in a physical confrontation and attempted to intervene; when he was stabbed in the tussle. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The two men who were fighting have been taken into custody.

The Commissioner of police is reinforcing his call for members of the public to seek peaceful means to settle conflicts.

“Too many persons are losing their lives or suffering grave injury due to mismanaged feelings and the inability to resolve conflicts, ” he said.

He is urging members of the public to use of the Force’s Domestic Violence Intervention Centres across the island, as well as other available programmes such as Mediation, Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice Centres.

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The Force’s Chaplaincy Branch and Welfare Department are providing support to the family members, friends and colleagues of Detective Sergeant Francis.

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Over 1000 people have been murdered in the country, since January.

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THA chief secretrary yet to speak on Duke’s role as deputy

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THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine is yet to make a statement on Watson Duke’s future role as Deputy Chief Secretary.

At the post-Executive Council media briefing last Thursday, Augustine said he was reviewing Duke’s responsibilities and a decision would be announced in a media release over the weekend.

On that occasion, he accused Duke, political leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots, of shirking several of his responsibilities as Deputy Chief Secretary.

Augustine also said Duke may be relieved of his responsibilities altogether.

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