The Ombudsman is investigating 3 incumbent and former lawmakers, officials of the Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and of Budget and Management (DBM) over a 220 million-peso scam using DAR funds.
Facing preliminary investigations over DAR-scam are Senator Gringo Honasan, former senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, former Bulacan congressman Arturo Robes, former DAR secretary Virgilio Delos Reyes and five DAR and DBM officials.
The Ombudsman says 220 million pesos was allotted for livelihood trainings and projects of 27 municipalities in 2010 and 2011, but none were implemented.
Thirteen non-government organizations were tasked to implement livelihood trainings and programs; five to ten million pesos was allotted to each municipality.
The Ombudsman says that documents showed that there was deliberate or extensive use of falsified documents and forged signatures to justify use of the said large sum of money. — UNTV News & Rescue
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