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September 19th, 2012 12:53 AM #1Congressman linked to 'bridges to nowhere' mess
Hmm... kailangan na uli ng issue na isisisi kay GMA para maiba ang ihip ng hangin?MANILA, Philippines - A partylist congressman has been dragged into the controversy over allegedly anomalous bridge contracts.
Some of the so-called "bridges to nowhere" scattered across the country can be found in the middle of farmland and are of no use to either pedestrians or motorists.
Senator Serge Osmeña said more than P111 billion were spend on the bridges.
He said aside from being useless, the bridges are also overpriced.
Osmeña said Kasangga partylist Rep. Teodoro Haresco should be made to explain, along with former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her Cabinet officials, regarding the bridges.
He said Haresco, a godfather of Mikey and Datu Arroyo, was the local representative of a supplier for the projects.
The congressman was also allegedly a subcontractor and handled the Malacañang legwork, Osmeña said.
Haresco refused to issue any statement on the matter when approached by ABS-CBN News at his office in the Batasan Pambansa.
His chief of staff said Haresco chooses not to comment out of courtesy to the Senate.
Arroyo's camp on the other hand, flatly denies any anomaly.
The former President's spokesperson, Len Bautista Horn, said the program spanned 4 administrations starting with former President Fidel V. Ramos.
She said all transactions were approved by various government agencies.
But Osmeña alleged that some of these agencies were only forced to approve the projects.
At the Senate, Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman TG Guingona said Arroyo may be invited to the probe on the program.
Guingona, however, admitted that Arroyo cannot be compelled to attend any hearing out of interparliamentary courtesy. - ANC
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September 19th, 2012 12:59 AM #2ayaw mo malaman kung totoong overpriced mga bridges at kung may kasalanan si GMA?
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September 19th, 2012 08:34 AM #3gusto ko din... pero buckle down to work... di yung puro investigate.. then wala din. para lang itago yung issue ni PUNO.. and.. bonus pa yan.. for re election ba si Osmena? sino pa? Originally Posted by jon777
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September 19th, 2012 10:47 AM #4ano ba yun issue ni Puno? and AFAIK hinde reelection si Osmena. Originally Posted by wowiesy
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September 19th, 2012 10:56 AM #6wala naman nakita si brenda sa investigation niya. si baklang cruz puro satsat wala naman ebidensiya... Originally Posted by chua_riwap
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September 19th, 2012 03:04 PM #7Osmena is not running for reelection...2016 pa matatapos term nya....at saka di yan style ni Osmena.
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September 19th, 2012 03:46 PM #9tikom-bibig ni congressman ... nag-iisip pa kung paano malulusotan ang issue
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September 19th, 2012 02:40 AM #10senate inquiry na naman, wala namang nangyayari dyan, ideretso na lang sa korte yan or sa ombudsman.
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