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The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called "pork barrel"), a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government, mostly on the national level.
The scam was first exposed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer by Nancy C. Carvajal on July 12, 2013,[1] with the six-part exposé of Carvajal[2][3][4][5][6] pointing to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles as the scam's mastermind after Benhur K. Luy, her second cousin and former personal assistant, was rescued by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on March 22, 2013, four months after he was detained by Napoles at her unit at the Pacific Plaza Towers in Bonifacio Global City.[7] Initially centering on Napoles' involvement in the 2004 Fertilizer Fund scam, the government investigation on Luy's testimony has since expanded to cover Napoles' involvement in a wider scam involving the misuse of PDAF funds from the 2000s to 2013.
It is estimated that the Philippine government was defrauded of some ₱10 billion over the course of the scam,[1] having been diverted to Napoles, participating members of Congress and other government officials, including 23 senators who managed to steal approximately 10 billion pesos aside from the PDAF and the fertilizer fund maintained by the Department of Agriculture. Around ₱900 million in royalties earned from the Malampaya gas field was also lost to the scam.[5] The scam has provoked public outrage, with calls being made on the Internet for popular protests to demand the abolition of the PDAF,[8] and the order for Napoles' arrest sparking serious discussion online.[9]
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₱183 million from his discretionary funds in a scandal known as the porkbarrelscam. In 2016, he was released after being allowed to post bail. He sought...
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implicated to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, otherwise known as the porkbarrelscam. JLN Corporation - company of Janet Lim-Napoles. Agri...
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senators implicated and detained for their alleged involvement in the porkbarrelscam. On June 2, 2022, coinciding with her 92nd birthday, she released her...
Jinggoy Estrada and Janet Lim-Napoles of plunder in relation to the porkbarrelscam. However, the court convicts Estrada of bribery with a prison sentence...
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before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly pocketing kickbacks in the porkbarrelscam. As of 2016, there have been 33,772 cases of corruption filed before...
senator Juan Ponce Enrile who was implicated in the multi-billion-peso porkbarrelscam of Janet Lim-Napoles. In the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan, Mendoza...
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found to have channeled their PorkBarrel Funds to non-government organizations (NGOs) controlled by suspected porkbarrelscam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles...
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the lawmaker's porkbarrel funds amounting to P315 million from 2007 to 2009. December 1: Twelve NGOs linked to alleged porkbarrelscam brains Janet Lim-Napoles...
After years away from showbusiness, Ranillo was implicated in the PorkBarrelScam. "Mat Ranillo III". Dipolognon. Retrieved May 4, 2015. Gagalac, Ron...
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porters were involved in identifying potential victims for the bullet-planting scam. Allegedly, airport officials in the security and immigration services present...
Gender Equality, and Social Services. In 2015, Robes was implicated in porkbarrelscam allegations involving him and his wife, Florida. A whistleblower, Bernadette...
son, daughter, or a relative sitting in office as well. When the porkbarrelscam broke out, Senator Jinggoy Estrada claimed that Pres. Benigno Aquino...
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