Islamist militants kill 19 in Marawi — Army

Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19 civilians, the military said Sunday, bringing the official death toll from nearly a week of fighting to at least 85.

The violence prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law on Tuesday across the southern third of the Philippines to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat of militants linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.

Authorities said the militants had killed 19 civilians in Marawi, a mostly Muslim-populated city of 200,000 people. These included three women and a child who were found dead near a university.

“These are civilians, women. These terrorists are anti-people. We found their bodies while conducting rescue operations (on Saturday),” regional military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera told AFP.

An AFP photographer saw another eight bodies by a road in the outskirts of Marawi on Sunday, with local residents identifying them as employees of a rice mill and a medical college. However, a woman said they were employees at her bakery.

Herrera said the military had yet to investigate the reported deaths.

The violence began when dozens of gunmen went on a rampage throughout Marawi after security forces attempted to arrest Isnilon Hapilon, a veteran Filipino militant regarded as the local leader of ISIS.

The gunmen planted black IS flags, took a priest and up to 14 other people hostage from a church, and set fire to buildings.

Thirteen soldiers, two policemen and 51 militants have died in the fighting, according to authorities. This brings the combined official death toll to at least 85.

Most of the city’s residents have fled because of the fighting, which has seen the military heavily bomb residential areas where the militants were believed to be hiding.

The military announced on Saturday, the start of the holy month of Ramadan, that it would intensify the bombing campaign.

“In as much as we would like to avoid collateral damage, these rebels are forcing the hand of government by hiding and holding out inside private homes, government buildings and other facilities,” military spokesman Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla said.

“Their refusal to surrender is holding the city captive. Hence, it is now increasingly becoming necessary to use more surgical airstrikes to clear the city and to bring this rebellion to a quicker end.”

Duterte and military chiefs have said most of the militants belong to the local Maute group, which they estimate has about 260 armed followers and has declared allegiance to IS.

But Duterte has said local criminals are backing the Maute in Marawi. CBB/rga

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Agence France-Presse May 28, 2017

PHOTO: Smoke rises following airstrikes by Philippine Air Force to retake control of Marawi city, southern Philippines Saturday, May 27, 2017. Philippine military jets fired rockets at militant positions Saturday as soldiers fought to wrest control of a southern city from gunmen linked to the Islamic State group, witnesses said. Civilians waved flags from their windows to show they are not combatants. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

 

 

But the military insists this ‘does not confirm the clear presence of ISIS’ in the Philippines

PHOTO: MILITARY OPERATIONS. Army scout rangers conduct clearing operations to flush out members of the Maute Group occupying the city. Photo by Bobby Lagsa/Rappler

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Philippine government on Friday, May 26, said foreigners were among the Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf Group members fighting government troops in Marawi City.

“Malaysian, Indonesians from Singapore and other foreign jihadists,” said Solicitor General Jose Calida in a press conference with Palace officials and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Davao City.

Calida, in explaining why President Rodrigo Duterte had declared martial law over the entire Mindanao island region, said: “What’s happening in Mindanao is no longer a rebellion of Filipino citizens. It has transmogrified into invasion by foreign terrorists who heeded the clarion call of the ISIS to go to the Philippines if they find difficulty in going to Iraq or Syria.”

AFP spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla, who was also at the press conference, confirmed that of the 31 alleged Maute Group members killed in clashes with government troops, 6 had been identified as foreigners.

Martial law was declared over Mindanao on May 23, following what the military said was a surgical strike against Abu Sayyaf Group leader Isnilon Hapilon, who is believed to have pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Critics said the clashes in Marawi did not merit a Mindanao-wide coverage of martial law and that President Rodrigo Duterte is merely using the conflict as basis for imposing tougher measures and silencing dissent.

On May 23, at least 3 fires broke out in Marawi City. Residents have since fled the city as government troops continue to hold clearing operations.

Padilla would only confirm the presence of Indonesian and Malaysian fighters and refused to say how many of each nationality were identified as those killed in Marawi.

The AFP spokesman said the foreign nationals had been residing in the Philippines for “a long time.” “Some have been helping, teaching, aiding, and connecting [local terror groups],” he added.

But no ISIS?

Still, Padilla said that this does not equate to ISIS presence in the country. “Again, on the matter of ISIS the President emphasized that there’s ISIS footprint but that does not confirm the clear presence of ISIS itself yet,” he told media in a chance interview.

But a terrorism expert warned the government against downplaying ISIS presence in the Philippines. The country is now the ISIS’ epicenter in Southeast Asia, Rohan Gunaratna told Rappler.

Members of the Maute Group, while breakaway elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), “are no longer Mautes” and “are no longer MILF,” Gunaratna explained. “They are IS, because they are operating like IS, and they have changed the name,” he said. “So we have to name them by the group they call themselves.” – Rappler.com

MANILA – (UPDATED) Foreign terrorists were among those killed in the ongoing siege in Marawi City, an official said.

Padilla said at least 31 from the terrorist group have been killed so far, and some of those slain were Malaysians, Singaporeans, and Indonesians, Armed Forces spokesperson Restituto Padilla said.

PHOTO: Government troops are seen during an assault on insurgents from the so-called Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi City, Thursday. Romeo Ranoco, Reuters

The government deployed attack helicopters and special forces to drive gunmen out of the besieged southern city.

“Up to this moment operations are ongoing. There are still firefights between our forces and those of the terrorists and the objective of armed forces is to clear the city,” Padilla added.

Padilla said efforts to rescue stranded residents remain, as he assured locals that military was only conducting “surgical air strikes” to avoid civilian deaths and damage to property.

MINDANAO AS ‘CALIPHATE’

Indonesians and Malaysians were among foreign Jihadists fighting the Philippine army in Mindanao island, the solicitor-general claimed, in a rare admission that outsiders were collaborating with domestic Islamist groups.

“Before it was just a local terrorist group. But now they have subscribed to the ideology of ISIS (Islamic State),” Solicitor General Jose Calida told a news conference.

“They want to make Mindanao part of the caliphate,” he claimed.

Calida said the Maute group and Islamic State wanted to create an “ISIS province” in Mindanao and the government was not the only target of their aggression.

“People they consider as infidels, whether Christians or Muslims, are also targets of opportunity,” he said.

“What it worrisome is that the ISIS has radicalized a number of Filipino Muslim youth.”

On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte placed all of Mindanao under martial law after government troops clashed with terrorist group Maute.

Troops were pursuing bandits from Maute group while on a mission to arrest Isnilon Hapilon, the suspected leader of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia, when the terror group took hostages.

US offers $5 million for any information that will lead to Hapilon’s arrest.

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News

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Civil society groups and vendors in Cagayan de Oro City and in Manila on Wednesday staged a rally to show their support for Marawi City residents.

Martial law was declared by President Rodrigo Duterte after the Maute terrorist group led a siege of Marawi City that resulted to several reported killings and burned buildings.

The groups, including Kadamay, Piston, Bayan, Kabataan, and Vendors’ Association gathered at the Cogon market in Cagayan de Oro to light candles and opposed the declaration of martial law in Mindanao.

A similar activity was held in front of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila.

The participants also condemned the terrorist group Maute for killing civilians and burning an Aglipayan school and the Marawi City jail. — BAP, GMA News

 

 

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – After roughly 4 hours of debates and one closed-door session, the House justice committee voted to reject the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte.

The committee members said during the hearing on Monday, May 15, that the impeachment complaint filed by opposition lawmaker and Magdalo Representative Gary Alejano was sufficient in form but insufficient in substance.

Out of the 50 members of the House justice committee, 42 were present during Monday’s hearing. The voting was as follows:

• 41 voted the complaint was sufficient in form (only ABS Representative Eugene de Vera voted it was insufficient in form)
• all 42 voted the complaint was insufficient in substance

This, in effect, means the first impeachment complaint filed against the President has been dismissed by the committee.

Alejano wants Duterte impeached for his alleged involvement in the Davao Death Squad, the ongoing bloody war against drugs, Duterte’s supposed unexplained wealth, the “ghost” employees hired by the Davao City government when he was mayor, and the President’s approach to the sea row with China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and Benham Rise.

But during the hearing, Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas grilled Alejano in a long interpellation about the complainant’s personal knowledge of the accusations he made against the President.

The Majority Leader based his questioning on Alejano’s verification of the impeachment complaint, which reads: “I/We hereby confirm and affirm that the material allegations made therein are true and correct of my/our own personal knowledge and as culled from authentic records.”

Alejano conceded he did not personally see the murders mentioned in the complaint and he does not have personal information on Duterte’s financial transactions. But he argued that he based his accusations against Duterte on authentic records.

“I have no personal knowledge as a witness but I have personal knowledge as a complainant based on the records,” said Alejano, an ex-soldier and former coup plotter.

Alejano also rejected Fariñas’ argument that he is merely riding on the propaganda that extrajudicial killings are being done in the name of Duterte’s drug war.

“So kung propaganda ang issue ng mga patayan ngayon, hindi pala seryoso itong issue ng patayan na libo-libo na. So kung tingin nila ay issue lang ito na ‘di importante, then we deserve the kind of policies and the President that we have right now,” said Alejano in a chance interview while the closed-door session was ongoing.

(So if the news of killings right now are just propaganda, does that mean it isn’t a serious matter that thousands of Filipinos have already died? So if they think this issue is not important, then we deserve the kind of policies and the President that we have right now.)

“So sino ang tatayo sa mga mahihirap na biktima na hindi kayang depensahan ang sarili [nila]? it should be the Congress, the representative of the people,” he added.

(So who would stand up for the rights of the poor victims who are unable to defend themselves? It should be the Congress, the representative of the people.)

Duterte enjoys a strong legislative shield in the House, where he counts at least 267 out of 293 lawmakers as his allies.

A total of 121 lawmakers are also members of the President’s party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).

Oriental Mindoro 2nd District Representative Reynaldo Umali, justice committee chairman, is also a PDP-Laban member. – Rappler.com

Nagkabistuhan na kung bakit si Janet Lim Napoles ay sumuko kay Dating Presidente Noynoy Aquino at kung saan binigyan pa ang Pork Barrel Queen ng red carpet treatment. Hindi lang yon, hinatid pa ng nakaupong Pangulo ang nasasakdal sa Kampo Crame sa Palasyo. Sobrang special treatment naman yon. Yun pala may utang na loob si P-Noy kay Janet dahil sa naitulong na malaking halaga (PHP 90 Million lang naman) para sa 2010 Presidential campaign.

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Council of Philippine Affairs secretary-general Pastor Boy Saycon on Friday alleged that former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III received up to P90 million in campaign funds from Janet Lim-Napoles.

In an interview with Radyo Inquirer, he said Aquino received the P90 million from Napoles, the accused mastermind of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam, when he ran for the presidency in 2010.

Saycon on Wednesday turned over to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II evidence of corruption involving what he called “very high” officials from the “past administration.”

Saycon said that there was nothing wrong with accepting campaign contributions, but he pointed out that Aquino did not declare the funds in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditure (Soce) submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

“Hindi nila dineclare (Soce)… that is against the law,” he said.

Saycon said that Aquino and Napoles knew each other long before he ran for President since the latter was an important contributor.

“Kaya nga sinundo siya (Napoles) sa Heritage Park, pagkatapos naglunch pa sila sa Malacañang, pagkatapos hinatid pa siya sa Crame ng Presidente… pwede naman ‘yung guwardiya niya… bakit siya, personal, di ba?” he said.

He added that there are 11 lawmakers who also received campaign contributions from Napoles, based on the documents he gathered from 2010 to 2016.

Saycon said he had long been in possession of the documents but decided not to give them to Senator Leila de Lima when she was still the justice secretary, because it would just have landed on the tables of Aquino and his party mates, allegedly among the beneficiaries of corruption.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, whom Duterte administration allies accuse of being a part of a destabilization plot against President Rodrigo Duterte, is among those who received contributions but did not declare them in his Soce, Saycon said.

Saycon refused to give more details, saying Aguirre already has the documents, and that the justice secretary was studying them. RAM

By: Ed Margareth Barahan – @inquirerdotnet

 

Sa mundo ngayon ng social media, marami ang naghahangad sumikat. Sa isang mapangahas na larawan o matalim na pananalita, VIRAL na kaagad ang isang tao o pangyayari. Nuong Kampanya 2016, naipanalo si Presidente Duterte, na kulang sa pera, sa pamamagitan ng Facebook. Dati puro lang sa BIASED MAINSTREAM MEDIA napupunta ang bilyonbilyong pisong badyet ng mga kandidatong naghahangad ng tagumpay. Sa kasalukuyan, madalas ang bangayan ng mga panig kakampi at kalaban ng kasalukuyang pamahalaan. Isa sa matinding tagapagtanggol ni Tatay Digong ay si Mocha Uson na may 5 milyong Likes sa FB. Natural lamang na umaani siya ng tonetoneladang batikos mula sa pwersa ng DILAWAN na gustong patumbahin ang ating Presidente.

Si Mocha ay naitalaga bilang Assistant Sectretary (Asec) ng Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). Wala namang duda na may tama siyang academic requirements. Graduate siya sa kursong Medical Technology at nakapasok sa College of Medicine (ngunit hindi nakapagtapos). Binanatan si Mocha ng anak ni Christopher De Leon at Sandy Andanar na pangalan ay Mariel. Dati ay malaki ang problema ni Mariel sa larangan ng kagandahan at sa tulong ng mga makabagong pamamaraan ng agham, nakuha niya ang kaniyang panaginip na maging Miss Philippines. Dahil sa masasakit niyang pananalita (tweets) laban kay Mocha si Mariel naman ang binabato ng putik sa social media. Pinagpipiyestahan tuloy si Mariel sa paghahambing ng mga lumang larawan niya at ang kasalukuyan niyang pagmumukha. Marami ang nagsasabi na mala Liza Soberano na si Mariel. Si Liza ay kabilang sa mga pinakamagandang Filipina sa ating bansa. Anyway, may karapatan naman bumanat si Mariel hanggang gusto niya sa kabila naman ng karapatan din ng mga DDS lumaban, umatake at bumawi sa pangalan ni Pangulong Duterte at Mocha Uson. Batid ng marami na may kakayanan ang mga pro Duterte na maglunsad ng mataggalang social media war, hindi nalang natin alam kung tatagal sa patutsadahan si Mariel at ang kanyang mga kakampi. Sumikat na rin si Mariel at gusto din naman natin siyang manalo sa kanyang laban sa Miss Universe contest. Si Mocha naman ay nagagampanan na niya ang bagong papel niya bilang tagapagpakalat ng magandang balita tungkol kay Tatay Digong at sa bansang Pilipinas.

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SELECTIVE Prosecution. Favoritism among allies. Discrimination against the political opposition. Affidavits submitted in 2014 that pointed to a gamut of lawmakers were IGNORED as favored ones were spared while the full force of the law was dispensed against non-Liberal Party senators.

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20 SENATORS, 100 CONGRESSMEN NAMED ON NAPOLES’ 2014 LONG LIST

MANILA, Philippines – Twenty Senators, 100 congressmen, and all of their agents in the pork barrel transactions were named in the affidavit of Janet Lim Napoles submitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Monday.

“To the extent of my knowledge, the following are the Senators, Congressmen and their agents and the officials or staff of implementing agencies of government that had connections with me and received part of the pork barrel,” Napoles said in her affidavit.

1. Biazon, Rodolfo and agent “Bernanrd”

2. Barbers, Robert and agent Rose Palacio

3. Enrile, Juan Ponce and agents “Dona Senora” Ruby Chan Tuazon, Lucila “Gigi” Reyes, Tet de Joya, Freddie Villamor, and Butch Tuazon

4. Estrada, Jinggoy and agent “Dona Senora” Ruby Chan Tuazon

5. Estrada, Loi and agents Lyn and Matt Ranillo, Butch Tuazon, Tet de Joya, and Pauline Labayen

6. Honasan, Gringo and agent Atty. “Danny” (Office of Senator Honasan)

7. Jaworski, Robert and agent Dudut Jaworski (prior to his election as Congressman) and Tet de Joya

8. Lapid, Lito and agent Zenaida Ducut

9. Legarda, Loren and agent Catherine Mae “Maam Maya” Canlas Santos

10. Magsaysay, Ramon and agents Patricia “Gay” Agana Tan, Bibing Agana Villacorta, Atty. Yacky Agana

11. Marcos, Ferdinand Jr. and agent Catherine Mae “Maam Maya” Canlas Santos

12. Oreta, Tessie Aquino and agent Carlos “Caloy” Reyes (Liason of Sen. Tessie Oreta)

13. Pimentel, Aquilino and agent Mon Arcenas

14, Pimentel, Koko and agent Jewel Pimentel, Luis ‘Louie’ Cruz

15. Revilla, Ramon Jr. and agent Richard Cambe

16. Sotto, Vicente and agent Jeniffer “Jen” Corpuz

17. Villar, Cynthia and agent Arman Padilla (Minority Block)

18. Villar, Manny and agent Jun Adriano

An additional three senators were included under the heading “(CAMPAIGN FUNDS ONLY). They are

Villar, Manny and agent Jun Adriano

19. Cayetano, Allan Peter with no agent

20. Escudero, Francis Chiz with no agent

The representatives, current and former, that were named on the list are:

1. ABAD, FLORENCIO | MANUEL JARMIN

2. AGARAO, BENJAMIN | CATHERINE MAE “ma’am Maya” CANLAS SANTOS

3. ALBANO, RODOLFO | CLAVEL MARTINEZ

4. AMATONG, PROSPERO | HON.ICLAVEL MARTINEZ

5. ANGARA-Castillo BeHarlot | ARMAN PADILLA (Minority Block)

6. ARROYO, IGGY | CARLOS “Butch” TUAZON

7. ARROYO, MIICEY | CARLOS “Butch” TUAZON

8. BAGATSING, AMADO | MINA NIEVA

9. BANAAG, LEOVIGILDO

10. BATERINA, SALACNIB | RUTH ALLEN RUSTE

11. BERATIO, NAPOLEON

12. BIAZON, RUFFY | BERNARD

13. CAGAS, MARC DOUGLAS | ZENNY DUCUT

14. CHAVEZ, LEONILA | CORA GONZALES

15. CHIONGBIAN, ERWIN | RUTH ALLEN RUSTE AND BEBOT LAYUG

16 CHIPECO, JOAQUIN | ARMAN PADILLA

17 CUENCO, ANTONIO | MARGIE TAHON

18 DANGWA, SAMUEL | CARLOS LOZADA

19 DEFENSOR, MATIAS | MATTE DEFENSOR

20 DEL MAR, RAUL | CLAVEL MARTINEZ

21 DILANGALEN, DIGADEN

22 DIMAPORO, ABDULLAH | ZENY DUCUT

23 DUCUT, ZENAIDA

24 ECLEO, GLENDA | PATRICIA “Gay” AGANA TAN | GIBING AGANA VILLACORTA | ATTY. YACKY AGANA

26 EMANO, Yevgeny VICENTE | CHERYL “Cheche” YARRA

26 ESPINOSA, EDGAR

27 ESTRELLA, CONRAD III | DEXTER MANALO

28 ESTRELLA FtEYMUND | DEXTER MANALO

29 FABIAN, ERICO | RUTH ALLEN RUSTE

30 FALCON, JESNAR | LEOVIGILDO, BANAAG

31 FALCON, PETER | LEOVIGILDO, BANAAG

32 FLORES, FLORENCIO

33 FUENTEBELLA, ARNULFO | ZENNY DUCUT

34 GULLAS, GERALD | CHERYL “Cheche” YARRA

35 JOAQUIN, ULIRAN | ALICE NAVALES VILLANUEVA

36 JARAULA, CONSTANTINO

37 LAGDAMEO, ANTONIO JR | LUIS ‘LOUIE’ CRUZ

38 LANETE, RIZALINA SEACHON

39 LANETE, SCOTT DAVIES

40 LIBANAN, MARCELINO | CATHERINE MAE “Ma’am Maya” CANLAS SANTOS

41 MACARAMBON, BENASING JR.

42 MADAMBA, SUNNY ROSE | JOHNNY ROXAS

43 MAGSAYSAY, EULOGIO | WIFE

44 MALANYAON, CORAZON |BOMBIT DELA PENA

45 MALAPITAN, OSCAR

46 MARTINEZ, CLAVEL

47 MERCADO, ROGER

48 MIRAFLORES, FLORENCIO | ZENNY DUCUT

49 MIRANDA, ANTHONY | MICKY ARROYO

50 MONTEJO, NEIL BENEDICT | MARIA CRISTINA “C3″ TUANO

51 NIEVA, ERNESTO “Bazai” | MINA NIEVA, Daughter

52 OLANO, ARREL

53 ORTEGA, MANUEL | ZENNY DUCUT and CLAVEL MARTINEZ

54 ORTEGA VICTOR | ZENNY DUCUT

55 PABLO, ERNESTO | JOHNNY ROXAS

56 PADILLA, CARLOS | ARMAN PADILLA (Minority Block)

57 PANGANDAMAN, HUSSEIN

58 PANGANDAMAN, NASSER

59 PICHAY, PROSPERO | ZENY DUCUT

60 PINGGOY, ARTHUR

61 PLAZA, RODOLFO

62 RAMIRO,  HERMINIA | ALICE NAVALES-VILLANUEVA

63 REAL, ISIDRO | PATRICIA ‘Gay” AGANA TAN, BIBING AGANA VILLACORTA, ATTY. YACKY AGANA

64 REMULLA, GILBERT | TET DE JOYA

65 RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO |

66 RODRIGUEZ, OCA

67 RODRIGUEZ, RUFUS | MAX RODRIGLlEZ

68 ROMUALDO, JURDIN JESUS | MAITE DEFENSOR

69 ROMUALDO, PEDRO | JURDIN JESUS ROMUALDO

70 SANDOVAL, RICKY | TET DE JOYA

71 SANDOVAL, VICENTE | TET DE JOYA

72 SANTIAGO, JOSEPH | JULIE UNICO

73 SOLIS, JOSE | CORA GONZALES, former DA-NAFC employee

74 SUPLICO, ROLEX | ARMAN PADILLA (Minority Block)

75 TULAGAN, GENEROSO | RAFAEL NANTES

76 UMALI ALFONSO “Boy” | CORA GONZALES

77 UMALI, AURELIO “Oyi” | MAITE DEFENSOR

78 UMALI, REYNALDO

79 UNGAB, ISIDRO | MARIA CRISTINA “C3″ TUANO

80 UNICO, RENATO | JULIE UNICO

81 VALDEZ, EDGAR

82 VALENCIA, RODOLFO | CELIA CUASAY

83 VELOSO, EDUARDO | ZENY DUCUT

84 VILLANUEVA, JOEL  | MAITE DEFENSOR

85 YUMUL-HERMIDA, Georgilu | ARMAN PADILLA (Minority Block)

86 ZAMORA, MANUEL “Way Kurat” | ARMAN PADILLA (Minority Block)

87. ALVARADO, WILHEMINO

88. CORTUNA, JULIETA

89. DAZA, NANETTE COSTELLO | BOBBY (BROTHER OF CONGRESSWOMAN)

90. ECHEVERRI, RECOM | TET DE JOYA

91. LAPUZ, JESLI | MON ARCENAS

92. MONFORT, NARCISO | CLAVEL MARTINEZ

93. NANTES, RAFAEL

94, NOGRALES, PROSPERO

95. PABLO, ERNESTO | JOHNNY ROXAS

96. PLAZA, MARIA VALENTINA | CHRIS LINDO

97. ROMAN, ANTONIO | RUTH ALLEN RUSTE

98. ROMUALDO, JURDIN JESUS | MAITE DEFENSOR

99. SAN LUIS, RODOLFO | ARMAN PADILLA

100. ZIALCITA, EDUARDO

Sen. Teofisto Guingona III Monday night released copies of Napoles’ two affidavits to the media, but said he has not read the contents.

“In the spirit of transparency and the search of truth, and in line with my commitment to uphold the public interest, we are going to release to the media and the public and to my fellow senators, the copies of these two affidavits,” Guingona said in a press conference.

“Let the document speak for itself,’’ he added.

“We will wait for the Benhur Luy files. I understand it should be submitted by Wednesday, and then we will evaluate what we have, then we will consult the members, then we will make the necessary hearing,” he said.

By telling the truth, Napoles said she expected to step on the toes of many. “The truth hurts… but the truth will set you free,’’ she said in page one of her affidavit.

After months of prayer and reflection, she said she wished to shed light on the pork scam and Malampaya fund mess.

She said she was hurt by charges naming her as the pork barrel queen and mastermind, and describing her as “most guilty,’’ “center of controversy’’ and “architect of the PDAF scam.’’

“I am not the mastermind of the pork barrel because I didn’t start this; this has long been practice or system,’’ she said. And neither is she “the most guilty,’’ she added.

In fact, the agents of lawmakers were more knowledgeable of the scheme, Napoles said.

Specifically, it was through then Batanes Rep. Florencio Abad that she learned that she needed an NGO or cooperative to be able to deal with the agencies, she said.

Napoles named a certain Ruth “Allen’’ who helped her former aide Niel Tan in Congress, and one Catherine Mae “Maya’’ Santos who guided her in transacting with the Department of Agriculture and the Senate.

Guingona, whose staff picked up copies of the affidavits from the Department of Justice, said he would await the submission of Benhur Luy files before deciding when to resume the inquiry into the pork scam.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima had twice asked for an extension for the submission of Napoles’ expanded affidavit. Her last deadline was Monday.

“I presume since we have been waiting for this for so long, that this is it,” Guingona said.

On resuming Senate investigation into the scam, he said that he could not yet set a definite date because they are still waiting for more information and documents that have previously been issued subpoenas. With a report from TJ Burgonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer

A. Copy of Napoles Affidavits from DOJ

B. Copy of Napoles Affidavits from DOJ

 

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FUND DISBURSEMENT BREAKDOWN: SSS -Seven Senator Snakes (mga hayop sa damo) channeled hundreds of millions of pesos to Napoles NGOs for Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Quezon and Bulacan. bong revilla “pogi”, enrile “tanda”, jinggoy estrada “kuya/sexy”, bong bong marcos, gringo honasan, loren legarda and tito sotto – JAIL awaits you. Mga kagalanggalang na sa serbisyong publiko, pera pala ng bayan, ipinagbubulsa nyo. Mahiya naman kayo. Magbigti nalang kayo.

Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) September 14, 2013 (ABRIDGED)

Based on LGU annual audit reports (AARs) posted on the COA website and the senators’ fund allocations and project listings shown on the website of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), a select group of towns in Bataan, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Quezon, and Bulacan was chosen to receive pork barrel funds.

For instance, the 2011 AAR for Pilar in Bataan shows that the town received P20 million in PDAF from Sen. Vicente Sotto III and P10 million each from Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The money ended up with People’s Organization for Progress and Development Foundation, Inc. (POPDFI), the Napoles NGO that Luy used to head before he blew the whistle on the pork barrel scam.

Despite the irregularities in 2011, the following year, 2012, Estrada and Marcos, joined by Senators Ramon Revilla Jr. and Loren Legarda, allocated a total of P35 million for the town.

Pilar received P5 million from Estrada, while Revilla, Legarda and Marcos each gave P10 million. Just like the year before, the 2012 funds ended up with POPDFI.

Also last year, Dinalupihan, another town in Bataan, was the beneficiary-recipient of P23 million from Estrada, P5 million from Legarda and P10 million from Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, for a total of P38 million.

The P38 million was used for the purchase of farming packages costing from P20,500 to P36,450 each.

For the first time, the audit findings mentioned the names of Marcos and Legarda, who did not figure in the COA special audit report on PDAF disbursements for 2007-2009, except for a minor entry for Legarda.

In Nueva Ecija, the town of San Antonio received a total of P90 million from several senators last year.

The funds were transferred to Kaupdanan (Samahan) ng mga Mangunguma (Magsasaka) Foundation, Ginintuang Alay sa Magsasaka Foundation, and Countrywide and Rural Economic Development Foundation (CAREDF). Kaupdanan and CAREDF, like POPDFI, are NGOs linked to Napoles.

Though the audit report did not name the senators who gave the P90 million, the DBM website shows that San Antonio was the beneficiary of P15 million each from Estrada and Sotto, and P10 million each from Legarda, Marcos and Revilla.

Also in 2012, several unnamed senators gave the town of Calasiao in Pangasinan a total of P30 million, which ended up with Kaupdanan.

The DBM website shows that among the senators who disbursed funds to Calasiao were Marcos, who allocated P10 million, and Sotto, who gave P5 million.

Sual, another Pangasinan town, received P47 million from unnamed senators. Like in Calasiao, the money ended up with Kaupdanan.

The DBM website shows that Estrada allocated P20 million to Sual, while Marcos gave P10 million.

Balungao, another town in Pangasinan, was the beneficiary of P10 million from Legarda and P5 million from Marcos for vermiculture or earthworm-growing projects.

San Carlos City, also in Pangasinan, received P10 million from Legarda and another P10 million from Sotto last year for vermiculture projects. There is no mention of the funds in the auditors’ report.

Revilla allocated P15 million to a fourth Pangasinan town, Umigan, while Sotto gave it P5 million. No such funds were mentioned in the auditors’ report.

Marcos gave the town of Bulacan, Bulacan P10 million. Auditors apparently did not find the money in their annual audit of the town.

San Leonardo, another Nueva Ecija town, received P5 million from Enrile. The funds ended up with Ginintuang Alay sa Magsasaka Foundation. The same irregularities in the transfer of funds to an NGO were noted.

The DBM website shows that San Leonardo was given P5 million each by Sotto and Revilla for organic farming projects.

Tens of millions of PDAF were also given to General Nakar, Lucena City, Quezon, and Sariaya in the province of Quezon, and Javier in Leyte, but audit reports on these LGUs have not been posted in the COA website.

Among other senators, Estrada and Sotto have given funds to Quezon LGUs. In San Antonio, one Quezon town that has already been audited, Estrada allocated P7 million for organic farming.

According to the COA special report for pork barrel funds disbursed in 2007-2009, 12 senators and more than 180 congressmen gave a total of P6.2 billion to 82 NGOs.

Of that amount, NGOs associated with Napoles cornered about P2.1 billion.

Estrada, Enrile, Revilla, Sotto, and Sen. Gregorio Honasan gave more than P1 billion to Napoles NGOs.

Honasan has not been mentioned in the 2012 LGU audit reports since auditors in some towns in Isabela, Batangas and Marinduque that received funds from him have not posted their findings.

Aside from these towns, he gave P30 million last year to NCMF for livelihood projects for Muslims in Taguig, Manila, Quezon City, Valenzuela, Caloocan, and Navotas in Metro Manila, and Subic, Castillejos, San Marcelino, and San Antonio in Zambales.

In 2011, NCMF handled a total of P96.5 million in PDAF. The audit report does not identify the lawmaker-fund givers.

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