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‘New mechanism’ = pork insertions in budget of 6 implementing agencies
WHEN President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III announced the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), he apparently meant nothing near getting rid of the…
By Karol Ilagan·October 10, 2013
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Blessed LGUs
MUTUALLY reinforcing interests — all too often political interests — between national and local politicians to this day drives the selection of which local government units (LGUs)…
By Karol Ilagan·October 10, 2013
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PDAF wins elections, favors political parties
AMID the public outcry for the abolition of the pork barrel system, Malacañang and Congress have agreed to delete the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), by name at least…
By Malou Mangahas·October 9, 2013
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Same, same bad pork: ‘Chop-chop’ contracts, duplicate projects, etc.
BUYING THINGS in small portions — “tingi-tingi” — is popular among Filipinos, but Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson is clearly not a fan of…
By Karol Ilagan·October 8, 2013
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Pork mess toll: 5 state firms, 283 civil servants
IT SEEMS the heads of five government corporations would not be the only ones on the chopping board for implementing the anomalous pork barrel projects recently reported by the…
By Charmaine P Lirio·October 8, 2013
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Abuse, misuse of PDAF linger under ‘Daang Matuwid’
A month after President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III announced his intention to abolish PDAF, however, this much-hyped “new mechanism” for disbursing pork barrel funds in lieu of…
By Malou Mangahas·October 7, 2013
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SAROs in chaos, DAP deals sansplans, ‘systems errors’ at DBM
SOME TRANSPARENCY online, but also some opaque and chaotic disbursement practices offline: That seems to be the sorry story so far of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)…
By Malou Mangahas·October 3, 2013
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‘High rollers’ rule Senate donors,give P795-M in campaign funds
Last of Three Parts WHILE MOST of the tycoons who bankrolled candidates and political parties in the 2010 Presidential elections were curiously absent, the 2013 midterm elections…
By Cong B Corrales·October 2, 2013
