More Celeb-Sounding Names in OVP Fund Recipient Lists

More suspicious and fictional-sounding names — some resembling celebrities and high-profile personalities — have joined the list of recipients of Vice President Sara Duterte's P612.5 million combined confidential funds, House deputy majority leader and La Union Rep. Paolo Ortega V said yesterday.

-  - Jose Rodel Clapano

Ortega said the newly discovered fictitious names in the list of Duterte's confidential fund recipients fuel growing public suspicion that the aliases were intentionally inserted in liquidation reports submitted by the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education in a supposed systemic attempt to hide transactions.

The lawmaker said the new names include Honeylet Camille Sy, Feonna Biong, Feonna Villegas and Joel Linangan who were listed as alleged beneficiaries of the OVP's P500 million confidential funds while Fiona Ranitez, Erwin Q. Ewan, Ellen Magellan, Gary Tanada purportedly received a portion of the DepEd's P112.5 million.

Ortega said that the latest names were submitted by the OVP and DepEd to the Commission on Audit (COA) when Duterte was still its secretary.