MADAME WITNESS The ‘whistle-blower’ (inset) answers questions from members of
Task Force LAG, a body formed to investigate the anomalous transaction in the payout of Livelihood Assistance
Grants by the Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office in Pandi, Bulacan. The initial hearing was
held on Wednesday at Casa Rosalina Resort and Events Place in Barangay Poblacion in Pandi, Bulacan.
PHOTO BY FREDERICK SILVERIO
THE Local Task Force LAG (livelihood assistance grant) is set to summon a town councilor to shed light on the alleged anomaly in the distribution of the LAG by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office to more than 3,500 beneficiaries in Pandi, Bulacan.
On Saturday, Pandi Mayor Enrico Roque said Municipal Councilor Cris Castro was implicated by a whistleblower, identified only as "Madame Witness" in the anomaly.