Archive | July 23, 2012

LGUs ride piggyback on pork

By Malou Mangahas Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism A NUMBER of local government units (LGUs) have joined the pork-barrel bandwagon and launched slush funds for their councilors. The funds usually come from the Local Development Fund (LDF) that is equivalent to 20 percent of the internal revenue allotment (IRA) that all LGUs collect from national [...]

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Binay bags P200-M PDAF: Pork train to Malacañang?

By Malou Mangahas Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Fourth of Five Parts Read Part 1 Part 1 – Pigging out on pork – PDAF racket rocks ‘daang matuwid” Read Part 2 Pigging out on pork a la PNoy: Bailiwicks, not poor towns, grab slabs of House PDAF Read Part 3 Pigging out on Pork a [...]

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