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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. RYAN LEAGOGO\/INQUIRER.NET<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Justice\u00a0 Secretary\u00a0 Leila de Lima on Thursday appeared in the Senate for the resumption of its investigation into the P10 billion \u201cpork barrel\u201d scam.<\/p>\n

Also invited to the hearing by the blue ribbon committee were unnamed\u00a0whistle-blowers although their lawyer, Levito Baligod, who was seen at the session hall of the Senate would not say if the whisteblowers\u00a0 would appear and testify.<\/p>\n

\u201cTingnan po natin pero sana makarating,\u201d\u00a0 Baligod\u00a0 said in an interview with reporters before the start of the hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf ever they will appear, they will not name names because I instructed them to limit their testimony on the scheme. Yung scheme lamang para matulungan ang Senado na mag-craft ng bill para hindi na maulit ang pang-aabuso,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for acts already done, we have to give this to the Department of Justice and the Office of the Ombudsman,\u201d Baligod added.<\/p>\n

Also invited to the hearing were former and incumbent heads of the National Agribusiness\u00a0 Corporation\u00a0 (Nabcor) and\u00a0 Zamboanga Rubber Estate Corporation (ZREC) \u2013 two of government-owned and controlled corporations that have been used as conduits by some legislators for pork barrel releases.<\/p>\n

Allan Javellana and Rhodora\u00a0 Mendoza , former president and vice president for finance and administration of Nabcor, testified\u00a0 during\u00a0last week\u2019s hearing and identified Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce-Enrile and Senators\u00a0 Jose \u201cJinggoy\u201d Estrada and\u00a0 Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla\u00a0 Jr. as among the\u00a0 legislators who had allegedly funnelled their priority development fund (PDAF ) or pork barrel funds to at least three NGOs\u00a0 of Napoles.<\/p>\n

Former ZREC president Salvador Salacup also took the witness stand and\u00a0 confirmed that the three senators\u00a0 had also funnelled their\u00a0 PDAF\u00a0 to Pangkabuhayan Foundation Inc\u00a0 but clarified that the foundation \u00a0\u00a0was\u00a0 not\u00a0 among those reportedly linked to Napoles.<\/p>\n

Javellana and\u00a0 Salacup\u00a0 were directed\u00a0 last week by the committee to\u00a0 return and\u00a0 identify all other\u00a0 legislators who had\u00a0 coursed through them their pork barrel funds.<\/p>\n\n

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