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No fireworks seen with filing of raps vs. lawmakers

  By DANA BATNAG IT WILL be a much-anticipated media event, but the filing of complaints against senators and congressmen allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam is unlikely to result in fireworks or other earthshaking political upheavals. That’s because filing a complaint with the Ombudsman is just the start of a long process—one that

No fireworks seen with filing of raps vs. lawmakers

Aquino fires Palace consultant linked to Napoles

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS  ALLEGED big-time pork barrel operator Janet Lim-Napoles has close ties with a Malacañang consultant whom President Benigno Aquino III ordered fired as soon as he discovered the connection two weeks ago. Brian Raymund Yamsuan, consultant to Executive Secretary Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa, was ordered dismissed after he was mentioned as having brokered Napoles’

Aquino fires Palace consultant linked to Napoles