Investigating bodies such as the Office of the Ombudsman and Department of Justice (DOJ) should be on the lookout for foundations, non-government organizations (NGO), and construction firms who benefited from the billions of “pork barrel” of legislators but has changed their names to avoid being investigated.

One example is Filbest Construction and Supplies Corp., which used to be Meditechtrade and Development Corp. and owned by Murphy Tansipek.

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