pork barrel

Burn marks and wooden boards, a property believed to have been purchased with ill-gotten wealth, now looks ill. This commercial property in Covina 2, purchased for 1.2 million dollars in 2007, is one of 4 real...

The US Justice Department has announced that it has filed an indictment against six members of the Napoles clan. Those charged include alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim Napoles, her daughter Jeanne and family members Jo,...

by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News   In the summer of 2015, the US Justice Department’s money laundering and kleptocracy divisions got involved in the Philippines pork barrel scam — filing a forfeiture complaint that sought to recover some...

LOS ANGELES – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to recover over $12 million in assets found in the US allegedly acquired through corruption and bribery in the Philippines. These are properties connected to alleged pork...

SAN FRANCISCO – Former senator and ex-presidential candidate Manny Villar was in San Francisco to help launch his real estate company Vista Land in the United States. He did not escape questions about calls for his...

By Henry Omaga-Diaz, ABS-CBN News MANILA – A report newly revealed by the Philippine Anti Money Laundering Council shows that Senator Jinggoy Estrada received more than P150 million from businesswoman Janet Lim Nopales. The funds were...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau July 29, 2014 LOS ANGELES – Activists took to the streets of Los Angeles to voice disapproval for Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s most recent State of the Nation...

By Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America Bureau May 14, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif – Philippine officials have already stated that the new pork barrel scam list handed over to the Senate by Secretary Panfilo Lacson would...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau April 9, 2014 GLENDALE, Calif. – Embattled Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada is in Southern California and is ready to fight to clear his name. As the alleged pork barrel...

By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau April 9, 2014 GLENDALE, Calif. – Talks of plunder and prison is nothing new to Senator Jinggoy Estrada. In 2001, he was jailed along with his father and then...