Tag: PDAF

DOJ orders investigation of PDAF and DAP scam during Aquino Administration

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the case of malversation filed against former President Benigno Aquino III, as well as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) scams under the Aquino administration. Justice Secretary Vitaliano II  ordered the NBI to look into the malversation charges filed by Manila Councilor Greco Belgica against former President  III, former Budget […]

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Ombudsman seeks reversal of bail grant to Jinggoy Estrada

(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to reconsider its decision that allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to be out on bail. In its motion for reconsideration, the Ombudsman asked the anti-graft court’s fifth division to “review, reconsider and set aside” its Sept. 15 resolution that allowed Estrada to be temporarily released “upon the submission and approval of bail in the amount of (over) P1 million to be posted in cash.” The resolution […]

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Jinggoy Estrada posts bail

(Eagle News) — The lawyers of Jinggoy Estrada on Saturday posted P1.33 million in bail for the former senator, paving the way for his eventual temporary release. This was after the Sandiganbayan fifth division granted Estrada’s second petition for  bail after years in detention  in Camp Crame over his alleged malversation of Priority Development Assistance Funds to fake nongovernment organizations owned by Janet Lim Napoles. Voting 3-2, the fifth division pegged bail at P1 million […]

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Justice Secretary Aguirre: Trillanes, Drilon, Abad, De Lima, kabilang sa mga nakinabang sa pork barrel scam, ayon kay Napoles

Lima hanggang pitong matataas na opisyal ng nagdaang administrasyon ang kasama sa iimbestigahan ng justice department kaugnay sa muling pagbubukas ng usapin ng Priority Development Assistance Fund. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, kabilang sa mga pinangalanan ng sinasabing pork barrel scam queen na si Janet Lim Napoles–ayon na rin sa kaniyang abugado na si Stephen David—sina Senador Antonio Trillanes IV, Franklin Drilon, dating Budget Secretary Butch Abad, at ang nakakulong na si Senadora Leila de […]

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No interference, no deal on Napoles case, assures Malacanang

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang assured the public that there is no whitewash in the cases involving controversial pork barrel personality, Janet Lim Napoles, as it dismissed accusations that there was a deal between her and the government. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the Court of Appeals decision to acquit Napoles on the illegal detention case filed against her by whistleblower Benhur Luy has “no direct impact on her pork-barrel cases.” “Government is clear that there is […]

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SC junks disbarment complaint vs Ombudsman; Belgica to move for impeachment

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the disbarment complaint filed by Greco Belgica against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales for “lack of merit.” In a press conference, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said that in “unanimously” dismissing the March 24 complaint filed by the former Manila City Councilor, the SC took note of “previous dispositions” in other similar petitions that “reiterate the same rule.” Belgica had alleged in the complaint that Morales had violated the Code of […]

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Senate defies Ombudsman on order suspending Villanueva

MANILA, Philippines — All senators united in their decision to support their fellow senator, Joel Villanueva, as they defied the order from the Office of the Ombudsman dismissing the former head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Villanueva was earlier charged with malversation, graft and falsification of public documents over the allegedly anomalous disbursement of his 10 million-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF when he was the Citizens Battle against Corruption or CIBAC party-list representative. All of the senators supported […]

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Baligod files P500-million malversation case vs 20 former and incumbent lawmakers

(Eagle News) — Twenty former and incumbent lawmakers were tagged in a P500-million malversation complaint filed  in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.  The complaint tagged allegedly fake non-government organizations which are not linked to Janet Lim Napoles. Atty. Levito Baligod, former lawyer of pork barrel witness Benhur Luy, urged the Ombudsman to investigate Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr., an former senator Edgardo Angara for allegedly channeling their PDAF […]

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Anti-pork barrel advocates ask SC to declare as unconstitional pork insertions in nat’l budget

  (Eagle News) — Anti-pork barrel advocates on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to declare unconstitutional certain provisions in the 2015 national budget, including National Budget Circular No. 559 (NBC 559) and some provisions under the Special Purpose Fund, that contravened earlier decisions of the high court against the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). The group which filed the petition on Tuesday, Sept. 1, was led by former […]

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Legal experts also see “selective justice” application by DOJ under Aquino gov’t — report

  The Iglesia Ni Cristo’s call decrying selective justice happening under the Aquino administration, particularly by the Department of Justice, is not a new thing. In previous reports, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines National President Vicente M. Joyas; Levito Baligod, an anticorruption crusader and lawyer; Fr. Ranhilio Aquino, dean of the San Beda College of Law Graduate School and University of the Philippines law Prof.  Harry Roque Jr. agreed with the position that the Department of […]

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5 DA officials dismissed for anomalies in agri projects funded from Sen. Jinggoy’s PDAF

MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of five officials of the Department of Agriculture for “gross misconduct” because of the alleged anomalous implementation of agricultural projects in Negros Occidental funded from the pork barrel funds of Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales ordered the dismissal from government service of Regional Executive Director Larry Nacionales, , Accountant III Candelaria Martinez, Officer-in-Charge Mira Talabong, Accounting Section Chief Mae […]

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Ombudsman indicts 4 former solons, other officials, for PDAF misuse

MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — The Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to indict four former congressmen for misusing Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) worth P244.29 million, using non-government organizations connected to businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles. In a statement, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales identified the former congressmen as Rizalina Seachon-Lanete who is now Masbate governor, Samuel Dangwa of Benguet, Rodolfo Plaza of Agusan Del Sur, and Constantino Jaraula of Cagayan de Oro. Likewise facing criminal […]

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