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Aquino: Pagcor spent P1B for coffee

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) during the time of then President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has allegedly spent P1 billion for coffee, President Benigno Aquino himself disclosed this on Monday.

Aquino made this revelation during his second State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Batasan Hills, Quezon City.

In just one year in office, Aquino said his administration uncovered another irregularity involving the previous management of Pagcor.

“Ang totoo nga po, marami pang kalokohan ang nahalungkat natin sa Pagcor,” the President said.

“Isang bilyong piso po ang ginastos ng dating pamunuan ng ahensya para sa kape. Sa isang daang piso na lang po kada tasa, lalabas na nakakonsumo sila ng 10 milyong tasa,” he said.

“Baka po kahit ngayong iba na ang pamunuan ng Pagcor ay dilat na dilat pa rin ang mga mata ng ga umiinom ng kapeng it. Hanapin nga po natin sila at itatanong ko: “Nakakatulog pa po ba kayo?” he added.

The state-gaming firm was being headed then by its chairman, Efraim Genuino, who has been slapped with various cases by the incumbent management of Pagcor.

Pagcor is now being headed by chairman Cristino Naguiat.


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Tags: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Graft and Corruption , Pagcor , SONA 2011

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H2WLJRB6SYUUEJH3DCGPUWO76U Remi Ogoy

    tanong lang ito para sa mga magagaling na abogado sa magkabilang panig.kong mamatay si GLO
    dahil sa dami nang paratang sa kanya na hindi pa naman napapatunayan miron ba mananagot? o
    gaya ni REYES patay na tapos na. comosta pala si GARCIA patay na rin? wala nang balita.siguro
    ibabalita na lang sila kong nasa kolongan na.abala pa sa trabajo sa sagot dito sagot dyan.

  • Anonymous

    Legal or illegal this gambling is always tainted with anomalies, a haven of corruption for dirty politicians and non politicians. Prior legalization of gambling in the Philippines a lot of political debates ensued between those who strongly advocate for the legalization of gambling and those who opposes it headed by the Roman Catholic Church. A lot of good opinion makes the pro gambling won the debate using the poor as the main beneficiary that makes legalization comes into operation. We have been warned before the danger that would emanates from making gambling legal, and that is the spirit of evil that creep now in our society. See how all of us, rich and poor, literate and illiterate, professional and non-professionall, the politicians, the businessman, the church almost everybody got entangle with the evil result of this gambling in our society that before we never seen and never understand to happen. The anomaly that we have now in Pagcor and PCSO is almost equivalent to national disaster or can be compared to national calamity because we let it to happen in the guise of aiding the poor to make it legal. In between the debate between good and evil, the result is what we have reaped now. This the same with the RH bills now pending in congress that if we did not tackle this issue intelligently, spiritually will result in what we are reaping now due to our reckless as if we know everything by ownself. Just imagine this anomaly 1 billion for coffee alone from the gambling funds.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNVY5PMFNA4CJKSOSZLILVZ45U marilou

    Pandora’s box pales in comparison.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Erwin-Ross-V-Dalao/1033322867 Erwin Ross V. Dalao

    hahahahahaa. amusing.

  • Anonymous

    paki itemize nga ni noynoy ang expenses na ito? unbelievable.paano kung lokal na cafe ang ginamit e di mas lalong mura baka ni 100,000 piso hindi aabot.hehehehehe

  • Edik Dolotina

    According to Karen Davila (ABS-CBN): “Former PAGCOR Chair Ephraim Genuino confirms they spent P1 B for coffee – but for 10 yrs, 13 casinos and 25,000 players.” In that case, Noynoy’s ‘expose’ was badly researched!



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