PCSO intel funds bigger than AFP and PNP intel funds!!!

[aylkickurass]

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arroyo's gimmick of corruption is very transparent....

[pepponeskie]

kuyawa...unsay gamitan anang intelligence fund sa PCSO?

murag makig gira sad na sila...

lawgawa jud aning GMA oi...murag mosulod madungagan ang lista sa most corrupt leaders ani...murag mahimo na ning 3 ang sa pilipinas:

World's Ten Most Corrupt Leaders — Infoplease.com

[butong101]

grabiha!!!! mau e firing squad s GMA!

[samsungster]

tsk tsk.. where is the money now?

[reptoid]

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes office needed P325 million for intelligence? Do they employ James Bond?

[batigol192002]

--- basin kutob ra pod ni clag istorya... maayo untag makasuhan dayon...

[sadik]

Bitaw kay anganyan gyud na clang makason kutob sa tanan kinsay nga nagpahimos sa kwarta...

[boom_box]

UP FOR GRABS... Daghan mag laway..

Drilon calls for immediate privatization of PCSO, Pagcor
09-Jul-11, 12:57 AM | Jelly F. Musico, Philippine News Agency

MANILA, Philippines - In the wake of allegations involving the misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) intelligence funds, Senator Franklin Drilon on Friday reiterated his long-standing proposal to privatize the PCSO and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).

He said the government should not be directly involved in lottery and casino operations and should limit itself to being a regulatory body that protects the interests of the betting public.

In a radio interview, Drilon said lotto and casino operations now being undertaken by PCSO and Pagcor should be bid out to the private sector in an open and transparent process and that the government should retain its licensing and regulatory functions over these operations.

“The government only becomes a regulatory agency. The government should not be directly involved in gambling operations. Leave that to the franchisee. The franchise holder will pay a definite amount to the government not based on sales but on the amount of the bid. That is the fee regardless or whether or not the franchise holder makes money,” Drilon said.

With this set-up, he said, government would now collect fixed and definitive franchise fees that could be used to implement a wider, better-financed and more comprehensive health care program for poor Filipinos.

“I am calling for the immediate privatization of the operations of PCSO and Pagcor so that these allegations of misuse of funds and resources can be avoided,” said Drilon, noting that government intervention in lotto and casino operations was no longer necessary.

“What government must do is bid out these PCSO and Pagcor operations properly and collect fixed franchise fees that go directly to the national treasury,” Drilon said. “That way, Congress can allocate these funds to implement a universal PhilHealth program that actually falls under the mandate of the PCSO to provide medical assistance to indigent Filipinos.”

Drilon suggested that the privatization of PCSO and Pagcor can now be done through the implementation of Republic Act 10149, or the GOCC Governance Act of 2011, which he authored and was signed by President Benigno Aquino III into law last Month.

Under the new law, a soon-to-be-created Governance Commission on GOCCs (GCG) will recommend to the President, after careful study and evaluation, the possible abolition, merger or privatization of state-owned and controlled corporations such as PCSO and Pagcor.

Drilon said once PCSO and Pagcor were privatized, government could concentrate on seeing to it that operations were done properly “in order to protect the interest of the betting public and ensure that government gets a fair share of the income generated.”

Drilon, who is the Senate finance chief, had earlier said he was in favor of the proposed privatization of casino operations in the country but said the Pagcor should retain its licensing and regulatory functions.

Drilon said that the present set up where Pagcor serves as both the licensor and operator of casinos was anomalous because of conflict of interests.

He cited other jurisdictions such as in Las Vegas and in Macau, where the government agency concerned only issues the necessary licenses and regulates the gambling operations.

[amingb]

atay kawatan ..... pag hikog mo

[cliff_drew]

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes office needed P325 million for intelligence? Do they employ James Bond?

Intelligence funds is for intelligent excuse of money spending.

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