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Piñol admits receiving P5M from fertilizer fund

Davao City Police Chief Ramon Apolinario (right) shares a joke about blotter logbooks used as pillows by on-duty policemen. (Sun.Star Davao/Toto Lozano)

NORTH Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel Piñol admitted receiving P5 million from the controversial fertilizer fund released by the Department of Agriculture in 2004.

In a statement issued Thursday, the former governor outlined how their province received the P5 million but denied insinuations that he was part of the fertilizer fund scam allegedly orchestrated by former DA undersecretary Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Bolante.

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