From Balita Organization ("All the News of the Philippines") of July 1, 2005:
Charges against official forging birth records
Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo ordered on Friday the filing of a falsification case before the Sandiganbayan against Maj. Gen. Ralph Flores for supposedly submitting forged documents to the Commission on Appointments.
In a statement, the Ombudsman said Flores violated Article 171 of the Revised Penal Code when he made it appear in his personal and family background information sheet, among other documents, that he was born on March 30, 1949, to qualify for promotion from brigadier general to a major general.
The Ombudsman said Flores could not have been born in 1949 because the military officer has a younger brother, Victor Perfecto, who was born on April 19, 1949.
"Also, the cadet information sheet that Flores filled up in his own handwriting at the Philippine Military Academy wrote March 30, 1946, as his birth date," the Ombudsman said.
"Flores deliberately altered his date of birth to extend his stay in government service. As a result, he stayed three more years longer than what is mandated by law," Marcelo added.
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