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Tags: pork barrel
Hatian ng mga kawatan
Ni MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com ngasab-ngasab ni napoles baboy na sinlaki ng bariles parte-parte ang mga putris na manggagatas sa Batasan at Senate pero nakareserba ang san-trak na biik sa panggulong may alyas na BS.. kontra-korap ang press release gayong numero unong mang-uumit ay, bayan kong sakdal-tiis may araw ring maghihimagsik
Filipinos here and abroad all set for colorful, varied protests vs pork barrel, corruption
“Basically, the Palace only removed PDAF in name, but the money’s still there. Worse, it’s now under the president’s full discretion.” – Kabataan Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon
Probe use of Malampaya funds, Aquino’s ‘biggest pork’, COA urged
A portion in Presidential Decree 910 grants the President the power to allocate the Malampaya funds to any project he wants. “This absolute discretion leads to irregularities or discriminatory allocation of funds to presidential friends and pet projects.” – Bayan Muna
‘Aquino has the greatest pork of all’ — progressive groups
“Aquino remains obstinate on his own lump sum appropriations, which are far greater than the legislative pork barrel. “
Parallels: Pork barrel, insurance, pre-need scams
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This column’s August 17 piece (“Insurance Commission remiss in regulating pre-need firms”) has elicited more reader reactions. Let me cite just two: • Leah Valientes rails against the Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Co., owned by the family of the late “businessman-philanthropist” Daniel L. Mercado…
False Transparency
QUESTION EVERYTHING By Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com Beware of politicians who like to insert the keywords ‘transparency’ and ‘good governance’ in their speeches. They are the same people who also use deceptive slogans such as ‘sustainable economy’ and ‘inclusive growth’ to justify the imposition of anti-poor economic policies. These are agreeable political concepts – who would…
Govt dared: ‘Scrap pork and use funds for climate-proofing PH’
“The P10-billion (US$ 228 m) pork barrel re-channeled to fake NGOs should have been used instead for an P8.3-billion restoration project for our country’s mangrove forest cover and almost four year’s worth of community-based disaster preparedness and response programs costing at least P2 billion.” – Kalikasan-PNE
UP professors denounce the pork barrel system
MANILA – Concerned faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) joined calls for the abolition of the pork barrel system. In a press conference on Friday, August 17, the UP professors wore their official sash used for graduation ceremonies called “Sablay” to convey a message: “The pork barrel system is ‘sablay.’ Instead of…
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Aquino and the ‘pork barrel’
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The expose by whistleblowers on the Napoles P10 billion ”pork barrel” scam for ghost projects involving members of Congress, executive agencies, local government units, fake NGOS and a big-time syndicate of influence peddlers and high-flying hustlers could be explosive enough to cause a major shake-up in the way patronage…