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When guilty, make the mess, messier

Napoles couple in a luxury bash.
Napoles couple in a luxury bash.
Dirty tricks operators have joined the Jenny Napoles pork barrel scam controversy to make the mess messier.

The immediate objective is clearly to distract attention from Napoles and members of her family and cause confusion. Sad to say some members of media fell into the trap.

Philippine Star ran a story yesterday implicating three senators who are allies of President Aquino in the pork barrel scam operated by Napoles. The three named in the report, attributing the information to whistleblower Benhur Luy and allegedly leaked by the National Bureau of Investigation, were Senators Loren Legarda, Antonio Trillanes IV and Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who oversees the NBI, categorically denied the report.

“We are wondering where those additional names are coming from. As far as I know, those names do not appear in the docs/records currently in NBI’s possession,” de Lima said adding that “There appear to be unseen hands or elements that are trying to muddle the ongoing NBI probe.”

De Lima could be right because we have also heard of one dirty tricks operator who was active in the last election being busy again contacting media people.

By noontime yesterday, the story could not be found online. When one clicked at the title, a notice appeared that “Page requested cannot be found. It may have been removed, renamed or is temporarily unavailable.”

NBI Director Nonnatus Rojas also denied the report: “Hindi po totoo yun, evidence gathering po kami and until such time na ma-finish ‘yan, wala ho kaming pinapangalanan.”

Rojas cautioned the public to be careful about media reports. “It’s very important then for the readers to discriminate ‘pag nagbabasa sa diyaryo. Tingnan mabuti kung based ba sa interview, did they name kung sino ang ini-interview at pinangalanan si ganito at si ganyan, or nakalagay lang sa diyaryo na according to sources, according to sources that is privy to the investigation. Ang sinabi daw ay si senator ganyan, congressman ganyan. Ika-klaro ko lang, NBI will not reveal the progress of the investigation kaya if ever those will come out in the newspaper, I hope that our readers will be more discriminating. “

Even the lawyer of Luy, Levito Baligod, denied the report.

Jeane Napoles,luxury-loving daughter of Janet.
Jeane Napoles,luxury-loving daughter of Janet.
In a statement, Baligod said, “ There is no truth to what came out in certain print and on-line news items that Benhur Luy named in any written statement additional legislators as being involved in the so-called PDAF SCAM. Any statement to that effect is the responsibility of the concerned reporter.”

Trillanes said, it’s good that Secretary de Lima, Director Rojas and Atty. Baligod clarified the story: “Maganda naman at nilinaw ng DOJ, NBI at abogado mismo ni Benhur Luy na hindi kami kasangkot sa prok barrel scam. Ito ay nagpapakita lamang na may naninira at nanggugulo ng imbestigasyun ng NBI para matabunan ang kanilang pangungurakot.”

Pimentel categorically denied his alleged participation in the scam that reportedly involved some P10 billion in the Priority Development Assistance Fund. “Not a single centavo of my PDAF or pork barrel went to any of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and foundations being alleged to be fronts in the pork barrel scam allegedly perpetrated by a certain Janet Lim Napoles,” he said.

“My list of PDAF projects is open to the public for scrutiny. I, therefore, welcome any and all investigations on this matter”, he added.

He said he is supporting Malacanang’s position giving NBI a “free hand” in the investigation. “Let the hammer fall where it is due because good governance and the fight against corruption must transcend party lines.”

But he reminded the agency “to observe discipline among its ranks to prevent ‘leakages by anonymous sources ‘in the ongoing investigation so as not to destroy reputations of people.”

Napoles and her cohorts thought with all the money that they have stolen from the people, they have become untouchable.
The initial strategy of discrediting Luy has not won them sympathy. Luy, being her former partner in crime makes the scandal a quarrel among thieves. And that makes Luy’s expose credible.

Napoles and her gang are now desperate and they will use all means, foul included, to get themselves out of the huge trouble they have created.

People, beware!

Published inGraft and corruptionMalaya

37 Comments

  1. patria adorada patria adorada

    ganitong klase ng mga tao dapat ang kini kidnap for ransom…fifty fifty ang hatian…fifty para sa kaban ng bayan, fifty para sa mga kidnapers or kung makabayan ang mga kidnapers,5 percent lang sa kanila, to cover up expenses at lahat ibalik sa kaban ng bayan.sobra na ang mga ginagawa nila.puros na lang pagnanakaw!!!

  2. Kung may pananagutan sila sa batas ay dapat silang managot. Nakita ko ang mga larawan ng anak nila at ang mga binibili ay grabe ang tataas ng halaga.

  3. Nakakahiya kung ang ipinagyayabang ng anak nila sa social network galing pala ang pera sa pagnanakaw.

  4. chi chi

    Luxury living ni Napoles family galing sa tax natin tapos sila living in luxury while millions of pinoys live in poverty. I-freeze na ang assets niya, tapusin ang kaso madalian at ibalik pera ng bayan.

  5. Jojo Jojo

    #4 Chi, makupad si Pnoy. hari nang bagal. nakita mo sa past item ni mam Ellen kung kumilos agad hindi lumala ang Taiwan problem. more than half na ang termino ni Pnoy pero up to now may nakulong na bang big fish. Wala, puro small fry.

  6. vic vic

    Ellen,
    When the NATIONAL Post , a newspaper reported about the allegations of MASSIVE corruptions in Public works in the Province of Quebec, it Took more than a Year of a very Extensive Investigation by the Special Anti Corruption Unit of the Quebec Provincial Police to gather enough evidence to enable to Charge 106 Prominent Individuals and Politicians of very serious Corruption Offenses including the Mayor of Montreal, and many CEOs and Heads of various Govt. agencies and Private businesses..And the Carboneau Judicial Inquiry is still ongoing to even Dig Deeper on why these culture can not just be rid of in Quebec… That only a decade ago there was also a big corruptions scandal in that province that took a two years of Judicial inquiry to find measures and yet here it happened again and Even much BIGGER…even as many had already been Disgraced and being sued for their Stolen LOOTS on top of their Criminal trials to Come

  7. Stumbled upon this blog. The article itself may not be that revealing. Read through the comments and see how one anonymous commentor gave detailed accounts of the SCAM.

    To give you an idea of how detailed the comments here, here’s a portion:

    Janet Lim Napoles has strong ties before with the late Emilia Boncodin, DBM Secretary. Emilia is the one that keep Janet in the loop whenever a budget or SARO is approved and to which senator or congressman.

    Gringo Honasan is a dear friend of Janet’s husband, Jimmy Napoles. I was surprised when I read somewhere online when Honasan was interviewed and he said that he doesnt know the Napoles family.

    http(colon, slash,slash) momandpopmoments (dot)com (slash)2013(slash)07 (slash)31(slash)janet-napoles-pork-barrel-scam-theft-from-a-nation/

  8. MPRivera MPRivera

    ano ba itong mag-asawang napoles, merong lahing indian? bakit ganyan ang bihis nila? saang piging sila dumalo? sa bihis na la’ang nila’t mga alahas MILYON MILYONG PISO ang halaga niyon, ah. ‘yun pang bihis ng bulwagang pinagdausan ng pagtitipon, parang sa palasyo, ah.

    kung kikilatisin ang mga larawan sa itaas (kasama ang sinasakyan ng kanilang heredera) aba’y WALANG matinong taong kumikita sa malinis na paraan ang magwawaldas ng limpak na kayamanan upang ipakita lamang ang tinatamasang luho at makapagpasikat sa buong mundo. daming naghihikahos na umaamot ng awa ang mas pagtutuunan ng pansin ng katulad nang sinasabi nila’y mapagkawanggawa sila sa halip na ganyang pagbabando ng yaman KUNG galing sa tulo ng sariling pawis at pagbabanat ng buto’t pagsisikap ang pinagkukunan.

    kung nasaan ang balon at bukal ng salapi, nariyan at nagkukumahog, nag-uunahan ang mga katulad nitong sina kapunan!

    nakakahiyang mga abogadong de kampanilya pa namang naturingan!

  9. Here’s another portion of a comment coming from “Anonymous”:

    People in the internet challenge me if i have proof. No i do not.

    But i can tell you that there are two metal safes inside JLN Corp.’s office at 2502 Discovery Suites in ortigas. One safe is inside Jimmy Napoles’ office and the other one is in Janet’s office. Their office also have a small storage room where all previous invoices and receipts that were never use during the past few years are being kept. If you, the reader can magically teleport yourself in that room, you will definitely find all the answers to your questions.

    There is also a 5-drawer filing cabinet (metal and beige in color) in front of Janet’s office door where all files of each congressman, senators, mayors, governors, secretaries, undersecretaries, are nicely filed and named. Each folder contains copies of cheques, cash vouchers, petty cash vouchers, receipts of cash advances and bank account details for each transaction.

    If by any chance that this blog has reached the Napoles family, they will move these safes and drawers outside their office ASAP. They will use the utility elevators located in the back of the building to transport the cabinets and all its contents. Once they reach the carpark, they will go to carpark slot number 1 to load these things. Janet owns carpark numbers 1, 2 and 3 at Discovery Suites. It is a good thing to also ask Jun Pareno, one of the big bosses of Discovery Suites, how he helps the Napoles family all throughout these years conducting VVIP services to some congressmen and senators as part of Janet’s perks to them using the hotel services.

    Going back, those drawers will be moved in binan laguna in one of their houses there and everything will be burned. This has not happened yet. And if you, the readers, do nothing, once those drawers are out of the streets, there goes your evidence. Don’t let the local san juan police raid their office because that is part of their plan – to have the police storm their office and make it appear that everything is being seized. Of course, what safer way it is than to transport the cabinets escorted by law enforcement officers only to be burned after.

    Clever. Very clever Janet indeed. Was it that Jinggoy’s idea or Gringo?

  10. MPRivera MPRivera

    si mani bilyar isang kilalang bilyonaryo at patuloy pa ding kumikita ng bilyones ay hindi nagpakita ng ganyang luho o pinalayaw ang mga anak katulad ng ginagawa ng mag-asawang napoles. hindi ba’t patunay ‘yung paglangoy niya (mani) sa dagat ng basura bilang paggunita sa kanyang hambol ng pinagmulan?

    kahit itanong n’yo kay Tongue na nahihiga sa salapi, kung galing sa matino ang yaman ng isang yumaman hindi mag-aaksaya ng salapi sa ganyang luho masabi lamang na wala na silang pagsidlan.

  11. MPRivera MPRivera

    after this smoke is cleared, the best solution to avoid if not eliminate scam/s of same nature is the abolition of the pork barrel. this way, we can again test if those running for elective positions would want to spend hundreds of million pesos just to be elected.

    allocating fund in the form of pork barrel is one way of showing laziness on the part of concerned government agencies tasked to deliver to the populace what each mandate dictates. besides, too many hands always spoil a dish.

  12. Langya ka Magno, ano’ng nahihiga sa salapi? Early-retired na ako at unemployed. Kung may nahihigaan man akong salapi, yun lang sigurong baryang nalalaglag sa bulsa ko pag higa. Isang linggo ko na ring sinusundan itong isyu na ito at ang pinakahuli kong nadampot ay iyun ngang link na naunahan ako ni Ka Enchong na i-post dito; ngayon ko lang kasi nabasa itong latest post ni Ellen.

  13. MPRivera MPRivera

    heheheeeehh. sabi ko na’t bigla kang aalma, eh.

    bakit, sinabi ko bang PhP1k denomination ‘yung perang hinihigan mo?

    ‘wag kang basta magre-ak d’yan, hane?

    teka, ano ba’ng barya ‘yung nalalaglag sa bulsa mo? euro? british pound? o, dollar? puro ‘ata tapweng barya, eh.

    pahambol ka pa.

    eniweys, bilyong pisong katiwalian ang pinag-uusapan na kinasasangkutan diumano ng ilang sa ating mga kagulanggulang na mambubutas kaya hindi katakatakang lagi na la’ang ganito ang kalalabasan ng modernization daw sa abang kalagayan ng ating tanggulang bansa:

    http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/08/03/13/ph-acquiring-french-vessel-south-china-sea

  14. Ang daming mahuhukay dito sa scandal na ito. Lalo na nung nagulat ako kung bakit sa programa ni Korina sa Sky Cable, tila napabor kay Napoles yung isyu at parang kampi sa kanya si Korina na bilib na bilib sa mga depensa ni Atty. Lorna Kapunan. Dahil sa mga lumabas mapapagdugtong-dugtong mo na may konek nga sila lahat. Si Gringo, na isa mga sumabit ang PDAF dito, at ang asawa ni Kapunan ay alam nating lahat na founders ng RAM at ito namang asawa ni Napoles ang may hawak nung machine gun na lumusob sa Crame na tinamaan ng mortar kung saan ang driver ay namatay danil nasunog kung natatandaan pa ninyo. Swerte si Jimmy Napoles na naka-survive.

    Ito palang mag-asawang ito ang nagsupply nung “Kevlar” Helmets na lumabas na ordinaryong plastic lang pala. Napaghuntahan na rin nating yan dito sa blog ni Ellen. Nakasuhan pero nadismis ni Aniano Desierto dahil sa “Lack of Evidence” daw. Papaano’ng hindi lack of evidence e ghost delivery yun. Namfootah naman o.

    Ano naman kinalaman nito kay Korina Sanchez? Kung paniniwalaan mo yung “Anonymous” commenter dun sa blog sa http://momandpopmoments.com/2013/07/31/janet-napoles-pork-barrel-scam-theft-from-a-nation/ aba e, nakinabang din DAW si Mar Roxas sa PDAF dahil yung pinsan ni Mar na si Johnny Roxas ay naging ahente ng JLN (Kumpanya nila Napoles).

    Pinagpyestahan yung Tumblr account ni Jeane Napoles – yung sosyal na dalaga ni Napoles – na pinakita yung mga luho ng milyon-milyonh attire, alahas, sports car, bahay, etc. maliban pa na sa I.S. nag-aral yung magkakapatid. Grabe ito, kupleto lahat ng rekado para sa isang telenovela.

  15. Eto pa:

    This news is slowly fading away and only a couple of local media outlets are currently covering it. The Revillames and Estradas are already preparing their speeches should this issue reach the senate. Some speculations in the current congress thinks that this issue is bigger than the corruption of Gloria Arroyo itself so everything is carefully planned out for the next step. There are extreme suggestions within the congressmen involved to create mass hysteria and stimulate “terrorism” activity in the city. They are planning to set off explosives in public places soon and will blame it to the Reds (CPP-NPA) organization.

    Insider info kaya ito o magaling lang talaga magtagni-tagni ng kuwento?

  16. And there is also an entry about VP Binay:

    Why is jejomar “boy putik” binay secretely meeting jimmy napoles in a secure location in tagaytay owned by erap?

    A. Because binay is a high ranking officer of the infamous Alpha Phi Omega fraternity
    B. Because jimmy napoles is a high ranking senior member of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity
    C. Because binay benefited hundred of millions of pesos from the napoles foundation before he became a vice president
    D. Because jimmy contributed millions of pesos in binay’s campaign
    E. Because jimmy is an officer at the RAM (Reformed Armed-Forces Movement) and they are discussing options about holding another coup and installing binay as the next president once noynoy is out
    F. Because binay is pissed at jimmy for being stupid
    G. Because jimmy needs back channel access to get out of the country with all his family this weekend now that all their money has already been wired out offshore.
    H. ALL OF THE ABOVE

  17. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    The crime involves the connivance with government officials for kickbacks. So it involves graft and corruption, properly the turf of the Ombudsman.

    Aling Conching, buhay ka pa ba? Lasing ka pa ba sa “success” tungkol kay Corona?

    There is a mountain of info from the Anonymous guy/gal in the referred blog. There is more there than the stupid basis for the investigation of Corona.

    Tila mas malaki ang salapi niyan kaysa kay Corona. Do I see Aling Conching asking ex-future Chief Justice Henares for the income tax returns of Napoles? They can do the good ole Eliot Ness. Get them for tax evasion, because I am sure heaven ad earth will be moved to whitewash the corruption; kaya may investigation na from the people who should be investigated – the House and the Senate.

    Conching kung may Alzheimer’s ka na, then resign and give the post to Diokno. Kung okay ka pa, then get off your duyan Lelang.

  18. Kinikilabutan ako dun sa possibility na yung elder na anak na babae, si Jo Christine Napoles or Neneng will become a congresswoman via the partylist route. The OFW Family Club Party headed by Amba Roy Seneres that won 2 seats in the elections is having their 2nd seat winner, Johnny Revilla of the Revilla Showbiz clan (Maritess, Tina Revilla, not the Ramon Revilla clan) dislodged by the Napoles daughter since they claim Johnny is not natural-born Pinoy. And since the Napoles have the money and contacts in congress and the judiciary, the plunderer’s daughter will soon have her own annual P70M PDAF to abuse.

  19. Nakakakilabot talaga, Tongue, yung interlocking connections nito.

  20. MPRivera MPRivera

    nagkakalokoloko na ang partylist representation na ‘yan. ang masasalapi ang kumakatawan sa marginilized sector na maliwanag namang hindi nila layong paglingkuran at pangatawanan. saan ba napulot ng comelec ang ganitong sistema nilang sinusunod? lokohan na din la’ang aba’y buwagin na ‘yang partylist system, mas maige pa. sa halip na gastusin sa tunay na pinaglalaanan ay sa bulsa lamang ng mga ganid napupunta ang pork barrel allocation, eh.

    hindi na talaga mapapawi ang bakas ng katiwaliang iniwan ng nakaraang administrasyong hindi gustong sawatain ng kasalukuyang gobyerno.

    tuwid na daan ang laging bukambibig ni noynoy subalit ayaw niyang buwagin ang dalawa sa mga balakid sa tuwid na lalakaran – ang partylist at ang pork barrel.

    kunsabagay, limpak na salapi ang alam nilang laging diretso sa kanilang lukbutan!

  21. chi chi

    Established na ang connections ni Napoles sa gobyerno, ano ginagawa ni Noynoy, bakit hindi niya murahin din ang babaeng ito at mga kasangga na mga senador, congressmen at mga nasa judiciary? Kung meron dapat na i-SONA attack, si Napoles yun!

    Second the motion ako sa #20 ni atty SnV. Si Aleng Conching hindi ko na naririnig, ano ang stand sa kasong grandmother of corruption na ito na nakakasuka?

  22. “Luy said Napoles’ acquisitions became more lavish in 2009 when she cornered the entire P900-million Malampaya fund allocated to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
    “She really hit the jackpot then because she never delivered anything from the project, she got all the money. She ordered our foundations to start buying dollars from a black market trader on Pasong Tamo Avenue, Makati. She used these dollars to buy a hotel in Anaheim, California, ($7 million) and a condominium in LA ($1 million),” said Luy.

    Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/458623/source-of-napoles-wealth-questioned#ixzz2b4FNmBAG

  23. chi chi

    Sundan ni Noynoy, Leila at Aleng Conching ang link ni tongue#26 at sa iba pang naglabasan following the money trails ng katarantaduhan ni Napoles wala ng kawala. Ano ba ang ang bagal nyo, sus nagkalat ang ebidensya!

  24. Chi, sax, feel ko dito, alam na ito ni Aling Conching, inarbor muna ng mga amo sa Malacanang para pagpiyestahan sandali. Kakaduda namang Inquirer lang ang merong inside info e matagal nang tuyot sa balita ang media. Meron itong konek kay Jocjoc at higit sa lahat kay Putot pero siguro mababaw ang sabit kaya hindi gaanong pinupursige. Pero magagmit ito para patahimikin ang mga kalaban. O kaya’y nag-iingat baka merong masabit na kakampi, aayusin muna nila ang script.

  25. Hindi ako magugulat kung isa sa mga araw na ito, aareglo itong si Napoles at ang kapalit ay ebidensyang magdidiin kay Putot kasama ng kung sinong kalaban. Sinimulan nang isabit si Pichay, diba? Isa pa, hindi ito maglalakas ng loob na sumulat kay Noynoy kung hindi mabigat ang dalang balitang ikatutuwa ni Kalbo.

  26. chi chi

    Ala ay hindi ako magtataka kung ganyan nga ang mangyari sa hinala mo, tongue. Ayan at dun na nga pantungo.

  27. bayonic bayonic

    Ang mga Napoles ang sagot sa tanong kung saan kumukuha ng kapal ng mukha ang mga tiwaling tao sa gobyerno.

  28. MPRivera MPRivera

    tunay ngang sinasamantala ng mga napoles ang pagkakataon sa kanilang buhay ang pagiging NAPAKAYAMAN bunga ng kanilang “MALINIS” na pamumuhay na ngayon ay KINUKULAPULAN ng intriga mula sa mga taong HINDI na masikmura ang kanilang KASUWAPANGAN!

    http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/08/15/1094141/list-napoles-cars-plate-numbers-released

    oras oras, araw araw ay magagawa nilang magpalitpalit ng sasakyan.

    tsk. tsk. tsk.

    asawa la’ang ng retired major ‘yan, ha?

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