Pagcor spent 1billion for coffee

[carule]

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how come dagko kay ni silag kuha tapos karun ra lage madiscover?
or nakit-an na ang anomalya but sige gihapun cover up...

adik jud...

mao rasad gihapon,mu-under go nasad ni ug investigation...end point..way mapreso...

billions of pesos..wasted...-----

[PaYaSo]

PAGCOR coffee concessionaire charged with tax evasion
By Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at 08/04/2011 11:32 AM | Updated as of 08/04/2011 11:59 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed tax evasion charges against a concessionaire of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) which has been providing the state-owned gaming firm's controversial coffee requirements during the Arroyo administration.

Carlota Cristi Manalo Tan, who operates the Figaro Coffee Shops in the casinos, was charged for willful attempt to evade or defeat payment of tax and deliberate failure to supply correct and accurate information in her income tax returns (ITR) for taxable years 2003 and 2004.

Her total tax liability amounts to P59 million, including surcharges and interest: P16.67 million in 2003, and P39.33 million in 2004.

The alleged PAGCOR coffee expenditure mess amounting to over P1 billion during the time of former president now Pampanga 2nd District Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was revealed by no less than President Aquino in his 2nd State of the Nation Address (SONA).

BIR Commissioner Kim Henares said Tan was paid substantial income from her dealings with PAGCOR, earning as much as P36.72 million in 2003 and P70.24 million in 2004 or a total of P106.96 million.

"In 2003, she only reported P16.06 million in her return and a measly P25.82 million in 2004, or a total of P41.88 million," Henares said.

Tan, meantime, amended her returns for 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2010, which are now subject to the validation of the BIR.

"If we find irregularities in her amended returns, more cases will be filed against her," Henares said.

“In PAGCOR, the previous management apparently spent P1 billion on coffee alone. At P100 per cup, that would be 10 million cups of coffee over the last several years,” the President said in one of the portions of the speech.

In his SONA, Mr. Aquino chided the PAGCOR coffee fund mess: “Baka po kahit ngayong iba na ang pamunuan ng Pagcor ay dilat na dilat pa rin ang mga mata ng ga umiinom ng kapeng it. Hanapin nga po natin sila at itatanong ko, nakakatulog pa po ba kayo?”

The state-owned gaming firm was then headed by its chairman, Efraim Genuino, who has been slapped with various cases before the DOJ by the incumbent management of PAGCOR headed by its chairman Cristino Naguiat.

[Queen Mojitos]

sobra ra kaayo ni para sa ato mga ordinaryo nibayad ta ug saktong buhis unya himan2x mao ra ni ila buhaton kadako gyud sa 1 billion grabeh oiee wa man kaha sila gabai nuh hahayyyy

[kennan]

Unsa kahi ni nga kape nuh? ngano mahal man kaayo

[Jor-El]

100 in 1 cguro ni nga kape dah ky mahal man kaau.. lupigan ang 3 in 1..

[PaYaSo]

PAGCOR: P185-M intel funds diverted to ex-Pres. Arroyo’s ‘pork’ANDREO CALONZO, GMA News
08/02/2011 | 02:25 PM


A total of P185 million from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)’s intelligence funds were transferred to the President’s Social Fund, commonly known as the “president’s pork," during the last few months of the Arroyo administration, the agency’s current chief confirmed Tuesday.

PAGCOR chief Cristino Naguiat Jr. confirmed reports reaching Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares’ office that more than half of the corporation’s P350 million intelligence funds in early 2010 were remitted to then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Social Fund.

GMA News Online has tried to reach the Arroyo camp for comment but has received no reply as of posting time.

Lucky districts

Colmenares revealed in a budget hearing that the P185-million intelligence funds were supposed to be released to two “lucky" congressional districts by then PAGCOR chair Ephraim Genuino through vouchers.

The vouchers were however cancelled, after people within the agency “smelled something fishy," Colmenares said.

In a phone interview, Colmenares identified the “lucky" districts as those led by Mrs. Arroyo’s sons at that time: Camarines Sur’s second district led by Rep. Diosdado Arroyo and Pampanga’s second district led by Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey" Arroyo.

“According to reports, because the vouchers were cancelled and can no longer be given to these lucky districts, what PAGCOR did was to remit these sums of money to the President’s Social Fund with the intention of giving these to lucky districts," he said during the hearing.

According to a report from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, the President’s Social Fund, also known as the "president’s pork barrel," was created during the time of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos to require the PAGCOR to remit a portion of its earnings to support the president’s development projects.

Used for polls?

Although Naguiat confirmed that the intelligence funds were indeed transferred by the previous PAGCOR leadership to Mrs. Arroyo's office, he could not say if the amount were ultimately released to the congressional districts of Mrs. Arroyo's sons.

"The only thing that we have is what we remitted to the Office of the President. We do not know how they disbursed that amount of money," he said.

Colmenares then instructed the current PAGCOR leadership to check with the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) – which currently handles the social fund — if the funds were “indirectly" disbursed to these districts.

“We are rambling here about a few thousand pesos given to so and so, but hundreds of millions of pesos were used for election purposes. These are untransparent ways of spending a lot of money," he said.

The social fund was under the control of the PMS from the administration of President Corazon Aquino to President Joseph Estrada. In 2002, however, Mrs. Arroyo issued an order designating an officer-in-charge under the Office of the President to oversee the social funds.

In July last year, President Benigno Aquino III returned the control of the “president’s pork" to the PMS. - VVP, GMA News

[PaYaSo]

Morato faces electioneering raps over 'Dial M'
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 08/09/2011 11:15 AM | Updated as of 08/09/2011 11:24 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Manuel "Manoling" Morato is facing electioneering charges for endorsing administration candidates in a government sponsored TV show that he used to host.

Lawyer Bonifacio Alentajan filed 4 counts of electioneering against Morato for endorsing Lakas-Kampi presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro in several episodes of his former TV show "Dial M" before the 2010 elections.

Alentajan said Morato violated the Omnibus Election Code, which states that using government funds, equipment, and other resources for an election campaign constitutes an election offense. If found guilty, Morato could face 6 years jail time and a fine.

"Mali ang ginagawa niya. Dapat managot siya," he said during the filing of the case at the Commission on Elections office in Intramuros, Manila.

An episode of the "Dial M" show was recently shown during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee inquiry on PCSO fund anomalies.

In the episode, Morato called on viewers to vote for Teodoro and his running mate, Edu Manzano. He also called on his viewers not to vote for opposition senatorial bets Francis "Chiz" Escudero and Teofisto Guingona III.

"Ang lamya pa magsalita. Pa-cute na naman," Morato was shown in the video as saying about Escudero.

"Si Chiz Escudero, nagtatapon like a drug addict ng mga papeles sa Kongreso," he added, referring to Escudero's days as a congressman when he was among those who pursued an impeachment complaint against former President Gloria Arroyo.

"Nagsalita na naman 'yang si TG something... Guingona. Kasinungalingan ng taong 'yon talaga," Morato also said.

"Masyado silang conceited. You should not sit them in the Senate."

Sen. Franklin Drilon criticized Morato for using his TV show to endorse administration candidates and to put down opposition bets.

He said Morato even signed a board resolution releasing P5 million to replay "Dial M" episodes from NBN-4 to IBC-13.

In sum, Drilon said, more than P27 million from PCSO funds was spent to produce the program from 2005 to 2010.

"If you do not call that campaigning, I do not know what to call that," the senator told Morato. "You campaigned for the candidates of the administration. This is the kind of abuse of the funds of the charity sweepstakes that we now see."

Morato admitted that it was wrong for him to sign the board resolution for replaying "Dial M," but did not directly comment on the issue of electioneering. He also apologized to Guingona and explained that "Dial M" was a comedy program.

The senator accepted, saying the issue was nothing personal.



"Dial M" for manikas

[jack_bauer]

^
adto ni ibutang sa noynoy thread bai para naa tay ma istoryahan..
all about noynoy man ghapon ni kay vindictive rba daw sya.. hehe

[PaYaSo]

Genuino wants more time to answer malversation rap
By Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at 08/09/2011 1:06 PM | Updated as of 08/09/2011 1:06 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Embattled former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation(PAGCOR) Chairman Efraim Genuino has asked for more time to submit his counter-affidavit on malversation charges filed by incumbent officials of the state-owned gaming firm.

Genuino's lawyer, Benjamin Santos, who attended today's preliminary investigation hearing on the complaint at the Department of Justice(DOJ), said his client could not submit his counter-affidavit because he has yet to receive a copy of the complaint.

Genuino was given until August 22, the next scheduled hearing, to submit his counter-affidavit.

Genuino, his sons Anthony and Erwin, and 2 others were slapped with a P3.1-million malversation complaint in connection with a 300-metric ton rice donation by a Japanese firm to the Philippine government intended for distribution to victims of typhoon "Frank" in 2008.

Respondents were accused of conniving to misappropriate the funds "by diverting part of the rice donation to bolster the political ambitions of his two sons during the 2010 elections."

Anthony Genuino and Erwin Genuino ran in the 2010 elections as Los Banos, Laguna mayoralty bet and Makati City mayoralty bet, respectively.

The said donation of rice from Aruze Corporation, one of the proponents for PAGCOR's Entertainment City Project, was made in favor of the Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) through then Secretary Esperanza Cabral in order to avail of exemption from taxes and duties.

PAGCOR's complaint said of the total 10,000 sacks of donated rice, only 6,500 ended up with the DSWD for distribution to typhoon victims while 3,500 were "withdrawn, delivered and ended up at the PAGCOR warehouse in Imus, Cavite;" PAGCOR further claimed the remaining 3,500 sacks were replaced with a cheaper variety of rice by virtue of a barter agreement entered into by PAGCOR with a private rice mill.

The total cost of rice released to the Genuino brothers was pegged at P1.40-million while expenses incurred for logistics(shipment, trucking, storage and repacking) reportedly amounted to P1.69-million.

PAGCOR said the sacks of rice were repacked and turned over to and received by Trace Compute College, and various individuals representing Genuino's sons, and allegedly eventually distributed during the election period to bolster the candidacies of the Genuino brothers.

Other respondents in the complaint are Edward King, former PAGCOR Senior Vice-president for Corporate Communications and Services Department; and Mai mai Tado, an executive of Genuino-owned Trace Compute College and now administrator of Los Banos, Laguna.