“Negrenses and Bacoleños urged: Join No to Pork Barrel Rally” By: Mark Jason M. Berio Over thousands of angry Filipinos marched through out the different cities in the Philippines to demand for the abolition of Pork Barrel‚ the misused fund for legislators’ pet projects. The biggest protest due to official corruption was aimed to Benigno Aquino’s administration. Negrenses and Bacoleños urged to join the rally for the total abolition of the “pork barrel” to manifest their continued protest for the
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such as public works projects and specific national defense spending projects are examples of this. Many argue that these things are a waste of government time and money‚ which should be spent on other‚ more important things‚ like aiding other countries in need‚ or assisting in disaster results‚ rather than "The Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska which cost $398 million dollars‚ or "The Big Dig" in Boston which cost over $14.6 billion dollars. Is it such a big waste though? Personally‚ I think it all
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Cracker Jack?Borden Foods is in the process of divesting of snack and non-food products in order to focus efforts and resources in growing their pasta and grain based meal segments. Borden management has also recognized the value and equity in the heritage Cracker Jack brand. The Cracker Jack brand currently (1996) sits in the number two position in terms of Ready-To-Eat (RTE) caramel popcorn product category market share with approximately $192 million in retail sales. With increased competition
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Technology Currently‚ Cracker Jack need a lot of the technology in the manufacturing and R&D‚ if the advancement of the technology increase in the future‚ this will be a good opportunities to them to be increase the produce output and reduce the cost to produce a snack. Threats Competitor Cracker Jack see the competitor as a threats‚ this is because those competitors are in a same industry and produce a similar product‚ therefore if Cracker Jack offer a new product‚ those competitor
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Cracker is a German shepherd that helps out in the Vietnam. Dogs have very strong senses this dog is very smart and that is what they want him for. They use him to sniff out bombs‚ traps‚ and enemies or anything else they might have set up. All the platoons depend on this dog without Cracker they would not make it as far as they has more less be able to go home and see their family once again. Cracker alerts the platoons and his partner when there is a bomb or enemy’s so they have a heads up on what
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PORK BARREL A blessed afternoon to everyone. So at this point‚ the topic that has given to me is about the pork barrel scam. This is an issue that is widely talked about nowadays. And now let me give you a brief information about pork barrel. What is pork barrel? Do we really need it? Pork barrel is a bill or policy that supplies funds for local projects or improvements of the country. Yes‚ we as a taxpayers really need it for the development of our country but now the misuse of the pork barrel
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coin toss scene in No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen‚ Joel Coen‚ 2007) primarily serves to reveal to the audience more about the fickle and psychopathic nature of the primary antagonist‚ Anton Chigurh. This scene begins with a fade into an extreme long shot of the store that Anton is stopping by at. This initial shot provides some background context on the setting of the scene‚ more or less in the isolated rural countryside. The scene then cuts to a medium long shot of the store owner‚ right as Chigurh
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graft-tainted pork barrel fund in the largest demonstration since President Benigno Aquino was elected in 2010 on a platform to fight corruption. Calls for protest began circulating on Facebook and Twitter about two weeks ago after a series of exposés by the Philippine Daily Inquirer about a mammoth scam involving Congress’ Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). The PDAF is money allocated for lawmakers to be used in their pet development projects. Critics charge that they fund “pork barrel” projects
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of the film. However in the film No Country for Old Men there is no music whatsoever. This deafening silence adds many unique features to the film itself. The silence allows the viewer to create the suspense themselves without being guided by music. The viewer is required to focus on the small details‚ and create suspense based on the other components that make up a film. Filmmakers rely upon certain stimulants when creating a film. Since No Country for Old Men is missing one of those components
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A RESEARCH PAPER PORK BARREL: TO BE ABOLISHED OR NOT OUTLINE Thesis : The recent scandal of government officials allegedly channelling their pork barrel funds to fake non-governmental organizations with nothing but ghost projects to show for has yet again raised the issue of abolishing the pork barrel. I. Introduction to Pork Barrel A. Definition of Terms B. PDAF in the Philippines C. Importance of PDAF II. PDAF scam A. People involved B. Reactions
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