MANILA, Philippines—At least one of the state firms abused by fake nongovernment organizations to purloin pork barrel funds should have been abolished years ago if then Sen. Benigno Aquino III had his way. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that President Aquino, as a senator in the 14th Congress, questioned the continued operation of Zamboanga del Norte College Rubber Estates Corp. (ZREC) when it should have been dissolved for being a big drain on government resources. "Why is it still alive up to now?" Lacierda asked in a briefing in Malacañang. In a 2011 report by the Commission on Audit (COA), the Department of Agriculture ...
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