Additional list of Napoles

The following is the second list of congressmen in the Napoles/Benhur files that have allegedly been involved in the P10-billion Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.

They are Robert “Dudut” Jaworski (Pasig City-Lone Dist.), Josefina Joson (Nueva Ecija-1st Dist.), Rosendo Labadlabad (Zamboanga del Norte-2nd Dist.), Jesli Lapus (Tarlac-3rd Dist.), Jose Carlos Lacson (Negros Occidental-3rd Dist.), Antonio Lagdameo Jr. (Davao del Norte-2nd Dist.), Marcelino Libanan (Eastern Samar-Lone Dist.) Rizalina Lanete (Masbate-3rd Dist.), Scott Davies Lanete (Masbate-3rd Dist.), Sunny Rose Madamba (APEC party-list), Eulogio Magsaysay (AVE party-list), Alfredo Marañon (Negros Occidental-2nd Dist.), Corazon Malanyaon (Davao Oriental-1st Dist.), Oscar Malapitan (Caloocan City-1st Dist.), Florencio Miraflores (Aklan-Lone Dist.) Alfredo Marañon III (Negros Occidental-2nd Dist.), Imee Marcos (Ilocos Norte-2nd  Dist.), Suharto Mangudadatu (Sultan Kudarat-Lone Dist.), Anthony Miranda (Isabela-4th Dist.), Neil Montejo (An Waray Party-list), Antonio Eduardo Nachura (Samar-2nd Dist.), Rafael Nantes (Quezon-1st  Dist.), Francis Nepomuceno (Pampanga-1st  Dist.), Reylina Nicolas (Bulacan-4th  Dist.), Ernesto Nieva (Manila-1st Dist.), Florencio Noel (An Waray party-list),

Prospero Nograles (Davao City-1st  Dist.), Emil Ong (Northern Samar-2nd  Dist.), Arrel Olaño (Davao del Norte-1st Dist.), Manuel Ortega (La Union-1st Dist.), Victor Ortega (La Union-1st  Dist.), Emmanuel Pacquiao (Sarangani-Lone Dist.), Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya-Lone Dist.), Jacinto Paras (Negros Oriental-1st  Dist.), Prospero Pichay Jr. (Surigao del Sur (1st Dist.), Roy Pilando (Mountain Province-Lone Dist.), Josephine Ramirez-Sato (Occidental Mindoro-Lone Dist.), Herminia Ramiro (Misamis Occidental-2nd  Dist.), Isidoro Real Jr. (Zamboanga del Sur-1st  Dist.),  Angelo Michael Rivera (1-CARE party-list), Arturo Robes (San Jose del Monte City-Lone Dist.), Maximo Rodriguez Jr. (Abante Mindanao party list), Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro City-2nd  Dist.), Antonino Roman (Bataan-1st Dist.), Jurdin Jesus Romualdo (Camiguin-Lone Dist.), Eduardo Roquero (San Jose del Monte City-Lone Dist.), Gerry Salapuddin (Basilan-Lone Dist.), Loreta Rosales (Akbayan party list), Nerissa Soon-Ruiz (Cebu-6th  Dist.), Benhur Salimbangon (Cebu-4th  Dist.), Jim Hataman-Salliman (Basilan-Lone Dist.), Rodolfo San Luis (Laguna-4thDist.), Vicente Sandoval (Palawan-1st  Dist.), Joseph Santiago (Catanduanes-Lone Dist.), Fausto Seachon Jr (Masbate-3rd  Dist.), Antonio Serapio (Valenzuela-2nd  Dist.), Jose Solis (Sorsogon-2nd  Dist.), Danilo Suarez (Quezon-3rd  Dist.), Generoso Tulagan (Pangasinan-3rd  Dist.),

Niel Tupas Jr. (Iloilo Province-5th  Dist.), Alfonso Umali Jr. (Oriental Mindoro-2nd  Dist.), Isidro Ungab (Davao City-3rd  Dist.), Edwin Uy (Isabela-2nd  Dist.), Reynaldo Uy (Samar-1st Dist.), Renato Unico Jr. (Camarines Norte-1st  Dist.), Emmanuel Joel Villanueva (CIBAC party list), Edgar Villanueva (APEC party list), Rodolfo Valencia (Oriental Mindoro-1st Dist.), Eduardo Veloso (Leyte-3rd  Dist.), Victor Yu (Zamboanga del Sur (1st Dist.), Ma. Amelita Villarosa (Occidental Mindoro-Lone Dist.), Arthur Yap (Bohol-3rd  Dist.), Georgilu Yumul-Hermida (Quezon-4th  Dist.), Manuel Zamora (Compostela Valley-1st  Dist.), and Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan City-Lone Dist.)

P-Noy rejects immunity for Napoles

In a surprise statement, President Aquino has rejected making Napoles a state witness. This puts a stop to all efforts by Department of Juctice (DOJ) Secretary Leila de Lima to use Napoles as a state witness.

P-Noy is now saying that the Napoles affidavit contains lies, but earlier that affidavit was accepted to pin down Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, and Bong Revilla.

Bruce Rivera, lawyer of Janet Napoles, said 3 more senators will be added to the Napoles list or to the list of 11 senators earlier submitted to De Lima. Rivera also cleared Senator J.V. Ejercito as having been erroneously included in the Napoles list by an encoder.

WEF 2014 hosted by Phl

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia opened yesterday at the Makati Shangri-la Hotel, with President Aquino as the keynote speaker and hosted by WEF founder Klaus Schwab.

Also in attendance were Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Burmese Vice President U Nyan Tun, Myanmar Vice President Sai Mauk Kham,  along with nine government ministers, and more than 100 business executives.

NPAs attack Cotabato town

One hundred New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked the police station of President Roxas in North Cotabato.

The police traded shots with the three killed NPA rebels identified as Commander Ronald Arnado of Barangay Sto. Nino, Arakan, North Cotabato; a certain “Totoy Gamay” and “Dodoy” of Barangay Datu Manangkil, also of Arakan town.  The chief of police, Senior Inspector Bernabe Rubio, suffered injuries but is in safe condition.

Two soldiers helping in the Brigada Eskwela program in Compostela Valley were kidnapped by the rebels. 

Gina de Venecia in China

Rep. Gina de Venecia (Pangasinan, 4th Dist.) led a  12-member Philippine congressional delegation of women legislators to China.

Rep. de Venecia appealed to China and the Philippines to restore the “good neighbor policy” that has prevailed and ensured for our two peoples for the last one thousand years.

The Filipino delegation, which visited Beijing for talks with the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) was composed of Reps Maria Lourdes Acosta (Bukidnon), Belma Cabilao (Zamboanga Sibugay), Mercedes Cagas (Davao del Sur), Julieta Coruna (A-Teacher), Gwen Garcia (Cebu), Olga Kho (Masbate), Sandy Ocampo (Manila), Leah Paquiz (Ang NARS party list), Marie Ann Pernas (Siquijor), Josephine Sato (Occidental Mindoro), and Juliette Uy of Misamis Oriental.

Tidbits: Joseph Teodones and Perla Due were the two victims on the Makati grenade explosion, which the police officials clarified that the blast was due to a grudge held by the attacker against one victim. The two wounded people were identified only as Butchoy and Helen de Ocampo. 

171 private colleges and universities have been approved of their tuition increase by Commission on Higher Education (CHed).

Ambassador Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia reported that no Filipino was killed or injured as a result of protests.

Zaipal Alawi Sr., 64, assistant city prosecutor of Marawi City was shot dead in an ambush.

Manny Villar announced that Vista Land & Landscapes Inc. is building 18 hotels over the next 4 years.

Three more PAGASA employees, namely Ramon Agustin, weather forecaster Bernie De Leon, and Ralph Ricahuerta, have resigned to accept jobs abroad.