Miriam wants bishops’ accusers probed, too By Angie M. Rosales 07/14/2011

PCSO MEDIA CAMPAIGN A COVER-UP FOR BIGGER ANOMALIES — SANTIAGO

Miriam wants bishops’ accusers probed, too

By Angie M. Rosales 07/14/2011

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago turned the table yesterday on the accusers of the seven so-called Pajero bishops led by newly appointed Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Chairman Margie Juico after she sought an inquiry into what she insinuated was an orchestrated media campaign against the Church officials which in turn Santiago suggested was a smokescreen to cover up bigger anomalies such as the depositing without authorization of P1.548 billion of PCSO funds in a private bank .

Santiago in a speech prior to the start of the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on alleged PCSO anomalies, said the public will not spontaneously coin the term Pajero bishops if “someone had not put that thought in their heads.”

“And if someone can make this basic unintelligible mistake as calling the SUVs Pajeros when none is a Pajero at all, then that can only mean that perhaps a PR (public relations) practitioner.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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