Monday, September 26, 2005 (Philippines)

PARASOL PROPS. A ‘cheerdance’ team from Cebu City’s Inayawan Night School entertains a crowd of some 190,000 who joined yesterday’s Alay Lakad. (Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña) REP. Clavel Martinez, who gave P12 million from her pork barrel funds to the Northern Cebu Development Center Inc. (NCDCI), is one of the organization’s incorporators and a member of its board of trustees. While the Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the NCDCI to liquidate funds it received, records from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also show that the group’s registration was revoked in 2003 yet. [full story]