She also said that the acknowledgement receipts for the disbursed funds were from Lachica.
“The one who can answer those questions properly is Sir Lachica,” Acosta said when asked about the signatories of acknowledgement receipts on disbursed confidential funds of the OVP, such as Mary Grace Piattos and Kokoy Villamin.
Minutes later, Acosta reportedly felt ill and was rushed to a hospital.
Duterte accompanied Acosta to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC).
House Deputy Speaker Jay-jay Suarez said Acosta’s blood pressure went up to 150/100.
How the OVP spent its P125 million confidential funds in 2022 in just a span of 11 days was among the focus of the panel’s probe.
In the earlier hearings, it was noted that of the OVP’s P125 million confidential fund in 2022, P16 million was spent as payment for safehouses.
Meanwhile, former DepEd SDO Edward Fajarda said he withdrew a total of P112.5 million of the agency’s confidential funds in 2023 and handed it over to Colonel Dennis Nolasco of the VPSPG on a weekly basis.
He said Nolasco, who would get P4 million to P6 million per week, was designated by Lachica to receive the money.
Fajarda admitted that he is not aware how the funds are being spent.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed that Nolasco is still in active service but is currently in schooling. (TPM/SunStar Philippines)
