The Aquino administration is moving to abolish the Philippine Forest Corp., an agro-forestry arm of the DENR and one of the agency used by fake NGO’s used to access pork barrel funds, according to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje.
DENR Secretary Ramon Paje (Photo Credit: Inquirer.net)
According to DENR, Philforest President Erwin Krishna N. Santos had been suspended indefinitely while the DENR was investigation the questionable deals the company had entered with into the bogus NGO’s and members of the Lower House of the Philippines.
President Aquino had also asked the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel to study the abolition not only of Philforest but also of National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor) and Zamboanga del Norte College Rubber Estates Corp. (ZREC) of the Department of Agriculture; Technology Resources Center (TRC) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST); and, National Livelihood Development Corp. (NLDC) of Land Bank of the Philippines.
The pork barrel controversy involved the release of P428.5 million in Priority Development (–foul word(s) removed–)istance Fund (PDAF), also known as Pork Barrel that financed pet projects of lawmakers, through the five state companies. The P428.5 million pork barrel came from Sen. Gringo Honasan and Sen. Lito Lapid and 24 other members of the House of Representatives, released from October 2010 to December 2011 to nine NGO’s with dubious records.
The fake NGOs were Focus on Development Goals Foundation Inc. (FDGFI), Interactive Training Opportunity on Needs Alleviation Movements Inc., Kapuso’t Kapamilya Foundation Inc. (KKFI), Livedures Foundation Inc., Maharlikang Lipi Foundation Inc., Philippine Environment and Ecological Development Corp., Pangkabuhayan Foundation Inc. (PFI), Kabuhayan at Kalusugan Alay sa Masa Inc. and Workphil Foundation Inc. (WFI)
