Company linked to PDAF scam did not have biz permit: official

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

<p>A Manila Bureau of Permits official testified Thursday before the Sandiganbayan 3rd Division that a company linked to the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) scam did not have a business permit.</p><p>Government prosecutors presented administrative services officer-in-charge Katrina Abad during the hearing for the graft cases of former senator and now Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile.</p><p>Abad testified on two certifications made by her office, one by herself and another by former officer-in-charge Victoria Sto. Domingo, that Nutri-Growth Philippines, Inc., supposedly located on Instruccion Street, was not registered in the City of Manila.</p><p>“So, all addresses where business permits were issued to a particular business entity will appear in your database, not necessarily in the address that is requested for you to check in your database,” Associate Justice Bernelito Fernandez asked.</p><p>Abad replied, affirming Fernandez&#x27;s query.</p><p>Upon checking by Abad and Sto. Domingo, the company did not have a business permit from the City of Manila from 2004-2011, the time material to the PDAF cases.</p><p>During Abad’s cross-examination by the lawyer of Enrile’s co-accused Janet Lim Napoles, Atty. Ronnie Garay, Abad admitted that she only checked their database and not the physical records.</p><p>And when Garay asked the official if they compared their database with the physical records, Abad said that they didn&#x27;t.</p><p>Upon further questioning by Fernandez, Abad said that the physical records of their office are disposed after one year.</p><p>Enrile’s co-accused, his former chief of staff Atty. Gigi Reyes, was present during the hearing.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/07/23/agri-officer-testifies-vs-enrile-napoles-in-pdaf-scam">Agri officer testifies vs. Enrile, Napoles in PDAF scam</a></li></ul><p>Reyes was released from jail last month after the Supreme Court granted her petition for habeas corpus, on the condition that she attends all her PDAF hearings.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1432850" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A Manila Bureau of Permits official testified Thursday that a company linked to the PDAF scam did not have a business permit.

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Company linked to PDAF scam did not have biz permit: official

Company linked to PDAF scam did not have biz permit: official

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published Feb 23, 2023 05:59 PM PHT

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