The blogger stumbled upon this banner headline in The Norluzonian (August 27-September 02, 2013), one of the oldest tabloids in Amianan, if not in the Philippines.
We are quoting the first two paragraphs of the article in the first page of the weekly published by veteran newsman Joe Gonzales.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, La Union-- A reliable source reaching the editorial desk disclosed that one of the Non-Government Organizations based in Ilocos Region was among the recipients of millions of pesos from the Pork Barrel (Countryside Development Fund) of certain solons in Northern Luzon.
The following did not appear in the tabloid, but this pertains to the alleged involvement of the Sir Pelagio Alcantara Development Foundation(SPADE) in the P10-B scam. The item was part of a long front page article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Sources said that the foundation was used by one of the sons of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala in availing the former's pork barrel through a farmer's non-government organization in Quezon province.
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Accordingly, how can a La Union based foundation operate in that far-away province?
The blogger personally knows the family as decent and honorable. One of the sons of the late Sir Pelagio, his namesake, was number 3 in a board examinations in architecture.
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