Pork Barrel in the Cordillera

8/13/2019 Pork Barrel in the Cordillera

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PORK BARREL in

the CORDILLERA

Joanna K. Cario

Cordillera Peoples Alliance


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Legislator District Hard

M Pesos

SOFT

M Pesos

TOTALS

M Pesos

PDAF Other

Sources

Sub-

Total

Agyao, Manuel S. Kalinga 100.000 20.500 - 20.500 120.500

Bulut, Elias Jr. C. Apayao 100.000 20.000 8.000 28.000 128.000

Chungalao,

Solomon R.

Ifugao 130.000 - - - 130.000

Dangwa, Samuel

M.

Benguet 119.750 47.000 - 47.000 166.750

Dominguez,

Victor S.

Mt

Province

120.000 - - - 120.000

Domogan,

Mauricio G.

Baguio

City

117.000 5.000 - 5.000 122.000

Seares-Luna,

Cecilia S.

Abra 100.000 - - - 100.000

Wacnang,

Laurence B.

Kalinga* 20.000 15.000 2.914 17.914 37.914

Total 806.750 107.500 10.914 118.414 925.164


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Table 2. Samuel S. DangwasPDAF Projects for CYs

2007-09 Channelled Through Napoles Fake NGOs

NGO IA LEGISLATOR AMOUNT

Social Development Program for Farmers

Foundation Inc. (SDPFFI)

NABCOR Samuel S. Dangwa 15.520

Social Development Program for FarmersFoundation Inc. (SDPFFI) NLDC

Samuel S. Dangwa 8.730

Countrywide Agricultural and Rural Economic

Development Foundation Inc. (CARED)

TRC Samuel S. Dangwa 10.520*

Peoples Development Program for Farmers

Foundation Inc. (POPDFI)

TRC Samuel S. Dangwa 7.200

Masaganang mga Bukirin Foundation Inc.

(MBFI)

TRC Samuel S. Dangwa 1.800

Ito Na Movement Foundation

(ITONAMI)

NLDC Samuel S. Dangwa 0.970


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Audit Results on Dangwas PDAF

Projects were agricultural development packages such asliquid fertilizers, training & livelihood kits, computer system

2 proj to SDPFFI of which Benhur Luy is pres, 1 to CAREDand 1 to POPDFI, all three are Napoles bogus foundations

Suppliers had questionable documents, had no permits,could not be found or did not confirm transactions

Supposed procurements were not supported with receiptsor any proofs of payments

Questionable beneficiariesnot in list of voters

Two mayors Bony Tacio of Sablan and Augusto Siadto ofKibungan of denied that there were items delivered to theirmunicipalities; mayor of LT did not confirm residency ofbeneficiaries

Dangwa did not reply to audit teams rqst for confirmation


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Table 3. Cordillera Legislators PDAF Projects for CYs

2007-09 Channelled Through Dubious NGOs

NGO IA LEGISLATOR AMOUNT

Masaganang mga Bukirin Foundation

Inc. (MBFI)

TRC Elias C. Bulut Jr. 4.500


Inc. (MBFI)

TRC Elias C. Bulut Jr. 14.400*

Masaganang mga Bukirin FoundationInc. (MBFI)

NLDC Elias C. Bulut Jr. 7.760


Inc. (MBFI)

TRC Laurence B. Wacnang 17.255*


(ITONAMI)

NLDC Manuel S. Agyao 6.063

Ito Na Movement Foundation(ITONAMI)

NABCOR Manuel S. Agyao 5.384


(ITONAMI)

NABCOR Manuel S. Agyao 5.384

Commoners Foundation Inc (CFI) NLDC Manuel S. Agyao 21.146

Share a Joy Foundation Inc. (SJFI) TRC Mauricio G. Domogan 4.700*


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Audit Results on Buluts PDAF

Masaganang mga Bukirin Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) is an NGOregistered with the SEC and with a business permit from QCcovering the CYs 2007-2010. Its address was a high-endresidential unit without NGO signage, whose caretaker didnot know anything about the aforementioned NGO.

Elias Bulutsthree projects were for the procurement ofcomputer systems and livelihood kits for distribution toselected individual recipients.

Two projects with TRC and one with NLDC had questionable

suppliers. The beneficiaries did not have complete addresses and

could not be contacted for confirmation.

Bulut did not reply to the audit teams request forconfirmation.


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Audit Results on Wacnangs PDAF

Masaganang mga Bukirin Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) is an NGOregistered with the SEC and with a business permit from QCcovering the CYs 2007-2010. Its address was a high-endresidential unit without NGO signage, whose caretaker did

not know anything about the aforementioned NGO. The projects were for the procurement of computer

systems and livelihood kits for distribution to selectedindividual recipients. Supposed procurements were notsupported with receipts or any proofs of payments.

The two projects of Wacnang have not been liquidated upto the present.

Wacnang never replied to the audit teams request forconfirmation.


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Audit Results on Agyaos PDAF

Project through NABCOR and ITONAMI was for the procurement of 4WDtractors. While Northern Asia Sales Corporation confirmed the delivery of4WD tractors, the status of these tractors could not be established. TheCity Agricultural Officer of Tabuk claimed that he was not aware of any4WD tractors turned over to the City government of Tabuk during theprevious and present administration.

5 projects worth P21.146 M coursed through NLDC to the CommonersFoundation, Inc. CFI is an NGO registered with the SEC based in LucenaCity.

The projects covered the procurement of farm tools, planting materials,various livelihood kits and books from 36 suppliers and intended for 5453individual recipients. Many of the purported suppliers were questionable,having no business permits or could not be located. Many of the supposed

beneficiaries denied receiving livelihood kits or otherwise could not belocated. 11 of the respondents who were contacted denied attending thetraining, there were some that claimed that they attended a trainingconducted at the Pastoral Center, Bulanao whereas the training waspurportedly conducted for five days at Emilias Kitchenette.

Agyao confirmed the authenticity of his signatures submitted in the

documents of the NGO.


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Audit Results on Domogans PDAF

This NGO is not registered with SEC and hasno permit to operate from the CityGovernment of Baguio. It was reportedlyoperating at Camp John Hay DevelopmentCorporation, Loakan Road, Baguio City. It

did not confirm its transactions and did notsubmit additional documents requested bythe team. Hence the very existence of theNGO is questionable.

The project, with funds released in 2007,

was intended for the implementation ofvarious livelihood projects. The release,however, remained unliquidated as of auditdate despite request by the team.

Domogan confirmed the authenticity of his

signatures in all projects submitted by theNGO.


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Malampaya Funds

22 out of 97 mayors who were named in the releasesof the Malampaya funds are from CAR, with 7municipalities in Abra, 3 in Apayao, 6 in Benguet, 4 inIfugao, and 2 in Kalinga.

All of them supposedly received P10 M each, saidfunds released during the last week of December in2009.

Whistleblower Merlina Suasadmitted in her affidavitthat the mayors signatures were forged

Some mayors have denied any involvement: RamonTinawi of Hingyon, Allen Jesse Mangaoang of Balbalan,Benito Siadto of Kibungan

Other mayors should speak out to clean their names
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Development Acceleration Program

The latest development in thepork barrel issue is the Presidentspork barrel or the huge amountsof funds that are under hisdiscretion.

DAP questioned asunconstitutional

Media reports say that P1.5 Bfrom DAP was allocated for theCordillera Peoples LiberationArmy.

Why was such a huge amountgiven to the CPLA and how wasthis spent?

This needs more research


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WHAT TO DO: kumilos


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magprotesta


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Abolish all kinds of discretionary and lump

sum funds

Hold accountable all those involved in the

pork barrel mess

Introduce greater transparency, pass the

Freedom of Information (FOI) bill

Monitor the use of public funds


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ABOLISH ALL PORK BARREL!

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Pork Barrel in the Cordillera