No P14M cash for fertilizer

by | Nov 17, 2008 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita

If the documents from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Commission on Audit (COA) rings true, the Province of Bohol received P14 M in the controversial fertilizer funds.

However, Gov. Erico Aumentado, Representatives Edgar Chatto (First District), Roberto Cajes (Second District) and former Third District congressman Eladio Jala all denied they actually received the fertilizer allocations in cash.

Aumentado said he did not receive a single centavo out of the P5 million reportedly given to the provincial government as reflected in the DBM records of fund releases. Chatto, Cajes and Jala also explained that they did not personally receive the farm inputs or any fund for the purpose.


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Boholano officials involved in the “fertilizer fund controversy”, no further comments

by | Nov 15, 2008 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News

There are no further comments from Gov. Erico Aumentado, and Congress Representives Edgar Chatto, Roberto Cajes and former Third District congressman Eladio Jala in regards to the “fertilizer fund controversy”.

The aforementioned officials were included in the list that were supposedly given a part of the fertilizer fund. Aumentado receiving P5 M and P3 M for each representative.

On Nov. 13, Boholanos tuned in to the live Senate hearing of the testimony of Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Jocjoc Bolante.