Documentation, titles missing
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

Atty. Norman Golez, legal counsel for Leo Rey Yanson, revealed Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) headquarters in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan were found to be ransacked. According to the attorney, Yanson is still considered VTI president and CEO until the court decides on the matter,
Following an initial audit and inventory over the weekend, he confirmed around 3,000 official receipts and certificates of registration for buses, along with 800 land titles, were either unaccounted for or presumed stolen.
In addition, he reported several computers and harddrives were also reported missing.
When media was allowed to enter the premises, nearly all the facility’s desktop storage units and lockers appeared to have been opened with most of their contents gone.
A search of the compound also yielded several molotov cocktails, improvised clubs, and axes, prompting suspicions that supporters of Roy Yanson, who is also considered VTI president based on a decision by company’s board of directors, were prepared to fight off police and the AGNSA security firm, which works for Leo Rey Yanson.
Some areas that had yet to be searched were later cordoned off due to safety concerns.
Golez also confirmed the bus units stored at the Dynamic Builders compound in Barangay Alijis have been recovered although some of the units’ tires were deflated.
Leo Rey Yanson condemned the damage inflicted upon their buses, noting, they did not do the same when Roy Yanson’s group took over the Bacolod South Terminal.
“This is clearly an act of sabotage,” he added.
In a prepared statement by Leo Rey Yanson, he acknowledged the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation Agencies (SOSIA), and Highway Patrol Group for “seeing the truth and proving to everyone that the rule of law prevails.”
Last Friday, Leo Rey Yanson gained control of company headquarters after a portion of the wall was torn down, enabling guards to enter. The guards, who were accompanied by police, were acting upon an order by the PNP-SOSIA.
Reports also claimed police lobbed tear gas into the compound.
In response to the incident, Roy Yanson filed a petition for a writ of amparo before the Supreme Court against the top brass of the PNP including Director-General Oscar Albayalde; Police Regional Office-6 director, Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan; and acting PNP-SOSIA chief, Police Colonel Michael Dubria.
A writ of amparo mandates hearings be conducted on an issue within seven days, wherein a temporary protection order is issued for the petitioner and the respondent is given 72 hours to provide a response to the allegations./DGB, WDJ