By Manny Pinol
Browsing the net early today, I chanced across an in-depth report prepared by rappler.com on the biggest theft of government funds in recent memory.
Reading the report made me realize how intricate and well-organized the pork barrel scam was and how many top officials of this country, including members of the Senate, were blinded by the color of money, lots of money.
The sad thing, however, is the fact that the pork barrel scam is slowly being thrown to the inside pages of the newspapers and seldom mentioned nowadays in radio and television reports.
The stories now focus on Vice President Jejomar Binay, Chief PNP Alan Purisima and the bunglings of Malacanang in handling corruption issues against its perceived allies.
Will the Pork Barrel Scam go in the way of the Maguindanao Massacre, the Zamboanga Siege, the Typhoon Yolanda Devastation and other major stories which are now faintly remembered?
Well, it depends on us the Filipino people.
Knowing how forgetful, and sometimes overly forgiving, we are as a people, I will do my share to make this country remember the rapacious theft of government funds and the inexplicable greed of our public officials for money.
Here is the rappler.com comprehensive report on the Pork Barrel Scam:
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