I’M glad that someone finally filed a plunder case against former President and current Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Former Solicitor General Frank Chavez recently filed a P 550 Million plunder charge against Arroyo, former Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo, former Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president and chief executive officer Francisco Duque III and former OWWA administrator Virgilio Angelo. The case is about their alleged misuse of the OWWA Funds which are supposed to be used only for the welfare of overseas Filipino workers pay US$25 for their OWWA membership. According to Chavez, these funds were diverted to PhilHealth in early 2004 with the approval of Arroyo. The said funds were used to help boost the re-election bid of Arroyo in the 2004 national elections. It is no wonder why for the past years many of our overseas Filipinos who encounter problems abroad have a hard time in getting assistance from the OWWA since their funds have been depleted and used for another purpose.
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