Tolentino suspends Dole director over Pampanga building collapse probe

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MANILA, Philippines — New Labor secretary and former Sen. Francis Tolentino on Tuesday said he is placing the agency’s regional director for Region III under preventive suspension for a month in line with the investigation on the collapse of a nine-storey building in Pampanga.

Tolentino made this announcement just a day after he was appointed as the new Department of Labor and Employment chief, replacing Bienvenido Laguesma.

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“I’ll be placing Director [Geraldine] Panlilio under preventive suspension for one month while investigation is ongoing,” Tolentino told reporters in an interview after his turnover ceremony.