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More peculiar names found in list of VP Sara’s confi fund recipients

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April 7, 2025

House Deputy Majority Leader La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega has revealed celebrity and historical-sounding names from Vice President Sara Duterte's list of confidential funds recipients, which supposedly further strengthens allegations that millions of pesos worth of the public's money have been misused.

- By ELLSON QUISMORIO

Ortega, in a statement Sunday, April 6, said the new names include Honeylet Camille Sy, Feonna Biong, Feonna Villegas, Fiona Ranitez, Ellen Magellan, Erwin Q. Ewan, Gary Tanada, and Joel Linangan. Honeylet Camille Sy, Feonna Biong, Feonna Villegas, and Joel Linangan were listed as alleged beneficiaries of the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) P500-million confidential funds while Fiona Ranitez, Erwin Q. Ewan, Ellen Magellan, Gary Tanada purportedly received portion of the Department of Education's (DepEd) P112.5-million confidential funds.

The names closely resemble those of known figures in the Philippines, past and present.

Manila Bulletin'den DAHA FAZLA HİKAYE

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