MANILA, Philippines—Before passing judgment on the senators implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel funds scam, the public should give them a chance to explain themselves. Senate President Franklin Drilon made this statement a day after Commission on Audit (COA) Chair Grace Pulido-Tan told the Senate blue ribbon committee tasked to look into the scam that certain senators gave instructions to implementing agencies that their pork barrel entitlements should go to specific nongovernment organizations (NGOs). Tan said a total of P1.093 billion from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile, Sen. Ramon Revill...
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