THE Malampaya gas drilling project has generated a total of P170 billion in revenues for the government since it started in 2000, but the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is clueless as to where a P130-billion chunk of it went, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto.

Recto on Monday said there were no documents to show which government agencies benefited from the P139 billion or how it was used. He said he wanted to find out what the Arroyo and Aquino administrations did with the fund.

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