The COA report lists the 18 foundations, the lawmakers who gave them funds and the amounts released to these NGOs. Many of the fund givers were party-list representatives. Honasan gave P30 million to Focus on Development Goals Foundation Inc. for projects for Muslim Filipinos in Taguig, Manila, Quezon City, Valenzuela, Caloocan, and Navotas. Enrile allocated P25 million to Livedures Foundation, while Rep. Maximo Rodriguez of party-list group Abante Mindanao gave it P12 million. The biggest NGO-recipient was Kaagapay Magpakailanman Foundation, which cornered P160 million of the lawmakers’ P515-million allocations. Kaagapay received P11 million from Representatives Nelson Collantes (Batangas), P4.5 million from Homer Mercado (1-UTAK), P20 million from Michael Angelo Rivera (1-CARE), P10 million from Jose Benjamin Benaldo (Cagayan de Oro City), P5 million from Justice Marc Chipeco (Calamba City), P9 million from Jonathan Yambao (Zamboanga Sibugay), P10 million from Angelo Palmones (Agham); P15 million from Nur Ana Sahidullah (Sulu), P3 million from Isidro Lico (Ating Koop), P5 million from Neil Benedict Montejo (An Waray), P6 million from Erico Basilo Fabian (Zamboanga City), P7 million from Nicanor Briones (AGAP), P13.8 million from Yevgeny Vicente Emano (Misamis Oriental), P7.8 million from Daryl Grace Abayon (Aangat Tayo), P14 million from Raymond Democrito Mendoza (TUCP), P15 million from Antonio Kho (Senior Citizens), and P5 million from Mariano Piamonte (A Teacher). Maharlikang Lipi Foundation Inc. was the second biggest recipient with P67.7 million. The funds came from Lorenzo Tañada III (Quezon), P10 million; Salvador Cabaluna III (1-CARE), P15 million; Maria Isabel Climaco (Zamboanga City), P11 million; Sharon Garin (AAMBIS-OWA), P5 million; Ponciano Payuyo (APEC), P2 million; Hajiman Hataman-Salliman (Basilan), P11.5 million; Simeon Datumanong (Maguindanao), P3.8 million; and Cesar Jalosjos (Zamboanga del Norte), P9.4 million. Kapuso’t Kapamilya Foundation received P37 million from Abayon (AAMBIS-OWA), P7.5 million from Cabaluna, P7.5 million from Rivera, P2 million from Franklin Bautista (Davao del Sur), P10 million from Fatima Aliah Dimaporo (Lanao del Norte), P5 million from Briones, and P5 million from Sahidullah, for a total of P64 million. Some P62 million was released to Rich Islas de Filipinas Foundation Inc. The fund givers were Tañada, P10 million; Arnulfo Go (Sultan Kudarat), P15 million; Romeo Jalosjos Jr. (Zamboanga Sibugay), P5 million; Cabaluna, P15 million; Salliman, P12 million; and Yambao, P5 million. Some P25.170 million was made available to Kagandahan ng Kapaligiran Foundation. The funds came from Dimaporo, P15 million; Piamonte, P5 million; Bernardo Vergara (Baguio City), P3.670 million; and Teodorico Haresco (Ang Kasangga), P1.5 million. Kabalikat sa Kalusugan Foundation received P4 million from Climaco and P6 million from Collantes, while I-Help Foundation received P7 million from Fabian. Rosendo Labadlabad (Zamboanga del Norte) allocated P3 million to Kaisa’t Kaagapay Mo Foundation, while Arturo Robes of San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan gave P1 million to Workphil Foundation. Kaakbay-buhay Foundation received P3.5 million from Rodriguez, while Mark Aeron Sambar (PBA) gave P5 million to Pangkabuhayan Foundation. Some P14 million was released to Coprahan at Gulayan Inc. – P10 million from Ranulfo Canonigo (KAKUSA) and P4 million from Bai Sandra Sema (Maguindanao). Additionally, Fabian of Zamboanga City gave P11 million to BL Personal Touch Foundation, while Salliman gave P1.1 million to UF Multi-purpose Corp. Anthony Golez of Bacolod City allocated P10 million to Kabuhayan at Kalusugan Alay sa Masa Foundation. The release of the NCMF audit report followed the posting on the COA website of the audit findings on more than P100 million in pork barrel funds given by almost the same lawmakers to the same foundations through Philippine Forest Corp. (Philforest), also in 2012. In the case of Philforest, eight foundations were used as fund conduits, including seven that figured prominently in the NCMF report...
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:15:50 +0000
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