By Roel Landingin Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism AUCTIONS for civil-works contractors to carry out “hard” or infrastructure-related pork-barrel projects must be lonely affairs. There is only one bidder for each of the competitive tenders held by the Department of Public Works and Highways to choose a contractor for infrastructure projects under the PDAF program, [...]
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Pigging out on Pork a la PNoy: Senators’ PDAF floods NCR, vote-rich provinces
Pigging out on Pork a la PNoy Senators’ PDAF floods NCR, vote-rich provinces By Malou Mangahas and Rowena F. Caronan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Third 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: [...]
On Priority Development Assistance Fund: Good pork, bad pork
By Karol Anne M. Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Read Pigging out on pork – PDAF racket rocks ‘daang matuwid’ Read Pigging out on pork a la PNoy: Bailiwicks, not poor towns, grab slabs of House PDAF ON ANY given day, the corridors of the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City leading [...]
Pigging out on pork a la PNoy: Bailiwicks, not poor towns, grab slabs of House PDAF
By Karol Anne M. Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Second of Five Parts Read Part 1 – Pigging out on pork – PDAF racket rocks ‘daang matuwid’ THE OFFICIAL name of the pork barrel – Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF – should already make it obvious what it is truly intended for. Yet [...]
Priority Development Assistance Fund a la @noynoyaquino
PDAF a la PNoy from Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism A LONG and malleable list of projects that could serve both the welfare of “indigent” families and the political stock of lawmakers is enrolled in Republic Act No. 10155, the General Appropriations Act of 2012. Its Section XLIV spells out the rules for the release [...]
‘Pork Barrel’ on the RH Bill meant to Deflect Bishops’ Scandals, says Women’s Group
This is a press statement from DSWP. Reacting to reports that Sen. Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson may withdraw his support from the Reproductive Health (RH) bill if a provision to add P300M to each of members of House of Representatives’ pork barrel for condom distribution will be included in the bill, Elizabeth Angsioco, staunch RH supporter [...]
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