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According to the legal counsel of Janet Lim Napoles, Rehabilitation Czar Panfilo Lacson only has an incomplete list of the names allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam, with Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima holding the complete list.
According to the Napoles camp, the list of those involved in the pork barrel camp that is in the hands of former Senator and now Rehabilitation Czar Panfilo Lacson. They further added that when Jimmy Napoles gave the list to Lacson, Janet is still in the process of remembering those involved.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is yet to resume its investigation of the multi-billion dollar pork barrel scam, saying that it will first wait for the Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to finish documenting the supposed exposure of Janet Lim Napoles before deciding whether or not to continue its investigation.
Senator Honasan and 8 former and incumbent members of the House of Representatives might be charged by the Department of Justice in the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the pork barrel scam.
Senator Jinggoy Estrada is not worried with the statement made by Janet Lim Napoles regarding his involvement in the pork barrel scam. He added that he’ll only be worried if there are threats that influenced Napoles to indict the three senators. Accoridng to Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, Napoles has revealed many information but refrains from revealing them, saying that she will wait for Napoles to finish her sworn statement.
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is back from his two-week vacation in Israel, saying that he is expecting to be arrested once he return to the country, with the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee disclosing the results of their investigations, with the said senator allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam.
After spending a month in the USA, Ruby Tuason returned to the Philippines and had a closed door meeting with Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. According to her lawyer, Tuason already appealed the Ombudsman’s recommendation after she was implicated in the pork barrel scam.
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, April 2 (PNA) —The Aquino administration is not targeting senators who are members of the opposition with the impending filing of plunder and graft charges against them in connection with the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam, a Malacanang official said on Wednesday. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio B. Coloma Jr. made the statement following Vice President Jejomar Binay’s written request not to limit the filing of charges to […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman found senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., liable for plunder, saying they took “undue advantage of their official position” in the use of their pork barrel funds. Aside from plunder, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales also said that the three senators were also liable for graft for allegedly receiving multi-million peso kickbacks in exchange for funneling their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to fake […]
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is asking the Ombudsman to issue a resolution regarding the cases filed against those government officials who were allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that the Palace will leave to the media industry the investigation of the media practitioners allegedly involved in the controversial pork barrel scam.
Senator Francis Escudero is asking the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to cite National Agri-Business Corporation president Allan Javellana for contempt because of his continued disregard to the summons of the said committee regarding the investigation in the pork barrel scam.
