MALACAÑANG on Friday said that the government may initiate an investigation into allegations that some members of the media received “payoffs” from supposed government fund irregularities in 2009.

“In so far as involving public funds is concerned, I think our responsibility is to investigate. Whether you’re from media, whether you’re from the government, whether you’re from the private sector, if it involves public funds then it now is the responsibility and the mandate, in this case, [of] the Department of Justice to investigate,” Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press briefing.

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