ON DRILON: WALA NGANG FAKE NGO, GHOST PROJECT LANG PALA!!!
> The centerpiece of this pork barrel scam is a network of PVC pipes stretching about 1.2 kilometers. Under the program of work prepared by the DPWH, about P6.4 million was earmarked for this project. But a check on the ground fails to persuade us that Drilon (I specifically mention him, not DPWH, because he ordered all of these things) spent even a fraction of that amount for the watering system. Our chief photographer, Leo Solinap, went around the Iloilo Espalanade and saw PVC pipes sticking out of the ground. There were no valves or faucets. It wasn't working!!!

ON DRILON: WALA NGANG FAKE NGO, GHOST PROJECT LANG PALA!!!
> As it turned out, the extra money was primarily for a "manual irrigation system" and "sprigging" and installation of "concrete pavers". It was substantially a ghost project, because about 70% of the supposed scopes of work are mere paper work items, intended to justify the expenditures. That huge chunk of the money went into the pocket of somebody, and I won't even have to mention who that somebody is.

ON DRILON: WALA NGANG FAKE NGO, GHOST PROJECT LANG PALA!!!
> The bladed remarks of Drilon comes back to mind after it was revealed that a month after the Iloilo Esplanade was inaugurated, he drew from his pork barrel fund, the so-called Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), and allocated P13.5 million for "completion works". That fund release was kept under wraps. There was no media announcement.