Lacson’s Napoles list

MANILA, Philippines — The Napoles list that former Senator Panfilo Lacson was talking about and the one that the Tribune claimed was sanitized because in the list the name of Senate President Franklin Drilon no longer appear in the Lacson sanitized list.

Included in the Lacson’s list are 10 incumbent senators, two former senators, two Cabinet secretaries, and 66 congressmen. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago is also not in the list. Lacson said in a televised interview said that Santiago was included in the list.

The list that was received by the Blue Ribbon Committee Tuesday are as follows:(Source Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Senators:

Ramon Revilla Jr.
Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada
Juan Ponce Enrile
Vicente Sotto III
Loren Legarda
Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
Alan Peter Cayetano
Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan II
Francis Escudero
Joseph Victor Ejercito

The former senators:

Robert Barbers
Manny Villar

Cabinet officials in the list are:

Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala
Ofelia Agawin of the DA
Allan Umali of the DA
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva
Teresita Panlilio of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
Narcisa Nieto of the DAR

The current and former congressmen in the list are:

Jesus Judin Romualdo
Banzai Nieva
Maite Defensor
Mikey Arroyo
Isidro Ungab
Reynaldo Umali
Salacnib Baterina
Conrad Estrella
Raymond Estrella
Victor Ortega
Neil Benedict Montejo
Arthur Pinggoy
Samuela Dangwa
Florencio Flores
Erwin Chiongbian
Erico Fabian
Florencio Miraflores
Napoleon Beration
Ricky Sandoval
Max Rodriguez
Rufus Rodriguez
Rizalina Seachon Lanete
Edgar Valdez
Scott Davies Lanete
Refael Nantes
Sunny Rose Madamba
Ruffy Biazon
Gerald Gullas
Carlos Padilla
Rodolfo Plaza
Arnulfo Fuentabella
Raul Del Mar
Rommel Amatong
Marc Douglas Cagas
Digaden Dilangalen
Iggy Arroyo
Rodolfo Valencia
Eduardo Zialcita
Nanette Costalo Daza
Constantino Jaraula
Clavel Martinez
Manuel Ortega
Peter Falcon
Isidro Real
Corazon Malanyaon
Narciso Monfort
Uliran Joaquin
Juaquin Chipeco
Abdullah Dimaporo
Ernesto Pablo
Marcelino Libanan
Rolex Suplico
Benasing Macambon Jr.
Jesnar Falcon
Nasser Pangandaman
Hussein Pangandaman
Boy Umali
Bagatsing
Malapitan
Ecleo
Olano
Jesli Lapuz
Oca Rodriguez
Alvarado
Tulagan
Prospero Nograles

The list also included certain “agents” listed as follows:

Ruby Tuazon
Bryan Yamsuan
Jen Corpuz
Mat Ranillo
Pauline Labayan
Catherine Mae “Maya” Santos
Patricia Agana “Gay” Tan
Alen Ruste
Mon Arcenas

Senator Miriam Santiago on a TV interview criticized  former Senator Panfilo Lacson as she contradicted her involvement with accused pork scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles.

Santiago repeated that she never allocated her pork barrel to NGOs associated with Napoles.

Santiago also insulted Lacson and refer to him as gay.

"Anyone can make lists. I was told that there is a list entitled ‘Closeted gays or bisexuals in public service.’ I was given names, and I was requested to say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on whether the person was truly in the list. When the name Pinky Lacson was called, I said ‘Yes,’" Santiago said.

"Anyway, there is an affidavit, although unsigned, circulating in Metro Manila that Pinky Lacson has asked for leave of absence from Malacañang. The highly confidential reason is that he is scheduled for a gender change operation in a remote clinic in the United States."

"For the record, I never had dealings with Napoles. The Napoles list, if unsigned, has no evidentiary value at all. I repeat, Lacson is an attack dog of Enrile. The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that to allege is not proof. Where is the evidence, as defined in the Rules of Court? I am pushing to get the list of Benhur Luy. I understand that the Luy list is substantiated by documents and details,” she said.

BIR Will Investigate Napoles children

MANILA, Philippines— The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will investigate if there are possible tax violations committed not only by Janet Lim-Napoles but also her children.

BIR Chief Kim Henares said during an interview, “We want to know how much is their total tax liability”.

The BIR already filed tax evasion complaint before the Department of Justice against Janet Napoles and her husband Jaime. Her total tax liability is P44.68 million while her husband’s liability is P16.43 million.

The BIR also filed a separate tax evasion case against Napoles’ youngest daughter Jeane Catherine for failure to file income tax return for 2011 and 2012.

Henares said the young Napoles was able to acquire a condominium unit at the Ritz Carlton in Los Angeles, California worth P54.73 million; and has a share, equivalent to P1.49 million, in a Bayambang, Pangasinan property purchased in 2012 without declaring any income. Jeane was heavily criticized through social media for flaunting her lavish lifestyle.

De Lima: Raps vs. lawmakers in pork barrel scam to be filed in a few weeks

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was able to confirm the involvement of several lawmakers in the alleged “pork barrel scam,” and charges are forthcoming, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Tuesday.

"We were able to confirm the involvement of some lawmakers—members of the Senate and the House—but we don't know yet whether the list that we have now is complete, so we are verifying it,” De Lima said in a chance interview at the House of Representatives following her attendance to an event there.

Without giving names, De Lima said the charges will be filed “in a few weeks’ time.”

“We will file cases only by evidence, whether testimonial or from documents,” she said.

The supposed scam refers to the P10 billion in pork barrel — or the multi-million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) given to lawmakers every year — that went to bogus non-government organizations (NGOs). Businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles has been accused of masterminding the scam.

Non-partisan

Meanwhile, De Lima, who as justice secretary has direct supervision of the NBI, assures the public of the non-partisanship of the team that investigated the scam.

“There is no such standard in segregating,” she said. “The NBI is not partisan in any investigation and it will not be affected or damaged by partisanship or color.”

She, however, stressed that “right now I can’t tell you if we’re filing cases against the opposition or the administration solons.”

De Lima did not also say if the NBI, through the Department of Justice (DOJ), is moving to freeze Napoles’ assets. She said the agency would like to hold some secrecy in its investigation.

“It’s not advisable that we announce in advance such moves,” she said, adding that she has instructed the NBI not to discuss the investigation with the media.

Bigger team

De Lima also noted that the team conducting the investigation has  grown significantly, due in part to the request of Napoles, who did not want the same team that took custody of supposed whistleblower Benhur Luy to handle the investigation for fear of conflict of interest.

“It’s a bigger and more enhanced team now. We already assigned additional men particularly from the anti-fraud and legal departments. Malaking team, under (my) supervision,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Justice secretary distanced herself from any possible congressional probe on the matter, leaving the decision in the hands of lawmakers.

"We leave it to them when they would want to start their own investigation, although the leaderships of the Senate and the House have announced that they want to wait for the NBI investigation first so as not to muddle things," De Lima said. — KBK, GMA News