Resume chopper probe, Senate asked

THE whistleblower in the controversial P1.2-billion UH-1D second-hand chopper deal has requested that the Senate blue ribbon committee resume its investigation of the transaction in light of recent incidents involving the questionable helicopters.

In a two-page letter sent by Rhodora Alvarez, an employee of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) who claimed that the multibillion helicopter deal was rigged, recently asked Sen. Teofisto Guingona 3rd, committee chairman, for continuation of hearings for her to provide vital information about a helicopter crash in November and the acceptance of additional units that have been disallowed by Department of National Defense (DND).