MANILA, Philippines - Almost half of the 289 members of the House of Representatives funneled their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to non-government organizations (NGOs) using the Technology Resource Center (TRC) as conduit agency, records from the Commission on Audit (COA) revealed. From 2007 to 2009, nearly P2 billion of the PDAF or pork barrel of 141 congressmen were allocated through the TRC, the COA said. The COA report came ahead of its latest findings that there were irregularities in the allocation of over P515 million in pork barrel to the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), an agency under the Office of the President headed by former elections commissioner Mehol Sadain. Surigao del Sur first district Rep. Philip Pichay was on top of the COA list after he allocated P162 million of his supposed PDAF through the Aaron Foundation Phils. Inc. (AFPI). His brother, former representative Prospero Pichay Jr., also allocated P40.370 million of his PDAF through the AFPI. Both congressmen used the TRC as the implementing agency. Former House speaker Jose de Venecia also allocated P19.2 million of his PDAF to AFPI through the TRC.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:18:37 +0000
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