Individuals with Senators' Surnames Listed as Beneficiaries of OVP Funds

Individuals with senators' surnames listed as beneficiaries of OVP funds

MANILA, Philippines — What do Beth Revilla, Janice Marie Revilla, Diane Maple Lapid, John A. Lapid Jr., Clarisse Hontiveros, Kristine Applegate Estrada, and Denise Tanya Escudero have in common? Aside from having senators' family names, they were listed as beneficiaries of the Office of the Vice President (OVP's) confidential funds, according to House Deputy Majority Leader Paolo Ortega 5th on Thursday. A check at the Philippine Statistics Autho…

Senators' names not spared in latest list of bogus OVP confidential fund recipients

With the start of Vice President Sara Duterte's Senate impeachment trial just days away, La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega revealed more names of allegedly fake recipients of Office of the Vice President (OVP) confidential funds--and seven of them appeared to have borrowed names of Philippine senators.These seven, senator-sounding acknowledgement receipt (AR) signatories were “Beth Revilla", “Janice Marie Revilla," "Diane Maple Lapid", “Jo…