By Emmanuel T. Erediano
Variety News Staff

RONALD Sablan, former owner of the defunct Pacific Gardenia Hotel, is the new administrator for the Commonwealth Health Center’s medical referral office.
Public Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez said Sablan has been on the job for about three weeks.
According to Villagomez, a selection committee chose Sablan from among the “seven to eight” applicants who expressed an interest in the job.
He said the committee found Sablan qualified for the position.
The new administrator did not report for work yesterday, according to one of his staff members, who said their boss was sick.
Sablan was among the owners of Sy’s Corp. which ran the Pacific Gardenia Hotel.
He filed for bankruptcy in 2004, declaring a debt of $10 million which was equal to the value of his company’s total assets.
The Commonwealth Development Authority took possession of the hotel which owed CDA over $2.4 million.
CDA filed a complaint in Superior Court after the hotel failed to pay its loan.
Aside from being accused of mismanaging the assets of the hotel and Sunset Bar & Grill, Sablan and his co-owners allegedly maintained separate sets of accounting books and presented fictitious ones to CDA.