PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd on Monday said he was never aware that the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF)—an agency directly under the Office of the President—was a conduit of pork-funded projects.

Reports about the agency’s role in funneling more than half a billion pesos in pork funds to various non-government organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) prompted the President to review the charter of the NCMF.

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