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July 19, 2011
Sloppy handling of STL shares revealed

MANILA, Philippines (July 19, 2011) - The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has no way of knowing whether the shares of small town lottery (STL) income it distributes to the localities go to intended beneficiaries.

MANILA, Philippines (July 19, 2011) - The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has no way of knowing whether the shares of small town lottery (STL) income it distributes to the localities go to intended beneficiaries.

This was revealed yesterday during the fifth Senate hearing on the PCSO fund anomalies.

July 15, 2011
Accused former PCSO executives

Former PCSO advertising and promotions manager Manuel Garcia answers questions from senators during the resumption of the Senate hearing on the PCSO fund mess yesterday. Inset shows former PCSO general manager Rosario Uriarte breaking down in tears while testifying. (From philstar.com)

Former PCSO advertising and promotions manager Manuel Garcia answers questions from senators during the resumption of the Senate hearing on the PCSO fund mess yesterday. Inset shows former PCSO general manager Rosario Uriarte breaking down in tears while testifying. (From philstar.com)

July 10, 2011
Malacañang scraps PCSO intelligence fund

MANILA, Philippines (July 10, 2011) - The Palace has decided that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) shall no longer be entitled to intelligence fund. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said yesterday that agencies, including the PCSO,that have nothing to do with government intelligence work shall not anymore receive allocation for intelligence fund. And one thing more - use of all intelligence funds now requires liquidation.

MANILA, Philippines (July 10, 2011) - The Palace has decided that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) shall no longer be entitled to intelligence fund.

Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said yesterday that agencies, including the PCSO,that have nothing to do with government intelligence work shall not anymore receive allocation for intelligence fund.

And one thing more - use of all intelligence funds now requires liquidation.

Abad stressed that these are among the reforms that President Aquino likes to see implemented.

July 8, 2011
Ex-PCSO manager digs hole for her and Arroyo at Senate hearing

MANILA Philippines (July 8, 2011) - A candid former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) manager who is apparently trained to keep secrets but is not good at lying implicated ex-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo even deeper in the PCSO mess now under investigation by the Senate.

MANILA Philippines (July 8, 2011) - A candid former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) manager who is apparently trained to keep secrets but is not good at lying implicated ex-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo even deeper in the PCSO mess now under investigation by the Senate.

July 7, 2011
Defense, counterattack galore as Senate probes PCSO mess

MANILA, Philippines (July 7, 2011) - In what is an emerging pattern of behavior, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo keeps her silence on anomalies she is perceived of having a lead role, leaving her minions to defend her.

MANILA, Philippines (July 7, 2011) - In what is an emerging pattern of behavior, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo keeps her silence on anomalies she is perceived of having a lead role, leaving her minions to defend her.

At yesterday's Senate hearing, officers of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and the Commission on Audit (COA) enumerated alleged anomalies committed by the previous management with probable involvement of the former president.