By YVONNE T. CHUA INVESTIGATORS of the Anti-Money Laundering Council recently concluded that bank accounts of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. and his family, as well as those of Janet Lim-Napoles and her pseudo-NGOs, were possibly involved in a scheme to launder the controversial “pork barrel” funds. The AMLC’s 64-page inquiry report containing the initial findings
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THAT was a strong statement that Luchi Cruz-Valdes, head of TV5’s news and public affairs department, unleashed against those who dragged her name in the Janet Napoles pork barrel scandal especially the Philippine Daily Inquirer who published the unverified information. Luchi’s name was mentioned in Inquirer’s May 18 issue as one
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS AMONG working journalists, we have a term “didal.” That is used when a PR (press relations officer) pockets the money intended for a reporter. So the PR’s principal- a government official, a businessman or anybody who is the subject of a news report – thinks that he has paid off
