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| DOJ Sec. Leila de Lima (Inquirer file photo) |
DPJ
is searching the PDAF closets for proofs that top media people has received
bribes sourced from the controversal PDAF funds according to DOJ Sec. Leila de
Lima after receiving Inqirer reports that three prominent media personalities received bribes comouflaged as advertising
expenses by lawmakers.
Mentioned
in the report were TV5 news anchor Erwin Tulfo and GMA7
radio host Carmelo del Prado while the third was unnamed. They reportedly
received checks issued from one of the corporate bank accounts of state firm
National Agribusiness Corporation, which is under the Department of Agriculture.
Tulfo denied the claim while GMA7 said it is looking into
the allegations.
Tulfo denied the
allegation that he received P245,535 cheque from NABCOR dated March 10 2009,
while Magduralang reportedly received at total of P245,535 in three separate
cheques dated April 27, May 14 and July 6, 2009.
Allegedly, NABCOR was used
as venue of PDAF funded projects under fake NGOs operated by the alleged pork
barrel scam queen Jsanet Napoles.
The information was revealed by principal
whistleblower Benhur Luy, who was rescued by Philippine authorities in March
2013 from alleged illegal detention by Napoles and her brother Reynald Lim.
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