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”
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Revenge of the Pork Person Dave Barry‚ who is a columnist for a newspaper called The Miami Herald‚ wrote this passage. This passage basically talks about how attractive women and men feel they are. The author says that men are convinced that they are extremely attractive even if they have a huge belly or no hair. On the other hand‚ women are never satisfied. Even though they are perfectly fine‚ they dig in to find physical flaws in themselves. There are no significant characters in this excerpt
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Pork barrel started in the American era. In the book The Senate 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate‚ former US senator Robert Byrd wrote that the term “pork barrel” refers to the national treasury from “which government officials dip for pork‚ or funds for local projects.”( Robert Byrd. The Senate 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate) And also‚ defined by a Civil Society group in the Philippines‚ PDAF Watch‚ “pork barrel funds are those allocated
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“Makibaka Wag Magbaboy” The Pork Barrel System in the Philippines Casunuran‚ Ivan Rhey O. De Ocampo‚ John Robert S. Veloso‚ Victor Luis C. III Table of Contents Pork Barrel and its History……………………………………………………………………… 3 Usage of the Pork Barrel………………………………………………………………………… 6 Officials that uses the Pork Barrel……………………………………………………………….. 7 Importance of Pork Barrel………………………………………………………………………. 8 For abolition or continuation………...…………………………………………………………. 10 Conclusions
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A study on the abolition of the Pork barrel I. Introduction The issue on the Pork Barrel has been the subject of conversations for quite a period of time. Countless comments‚ startling news reports and interviews were heard and seen by the people of the Philippines. Pork Barrel is the system used in the Philippines to allocate funds coming from the taxpayers’ money for the betterment of the country. The funds are distributed to various sectors
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commonly used in the production of forcemeats include pork‚ fish (pike‚ trout‚ or salmon)‚ seafood‚ game meats (venison‚ boar‚ or rabbit)‚ poultry‚ game birds‚ veal‚ and pork livers. Pork fatback is often used for the fat portion of a forcemeat as it has a somewhat neutral flavor.[1] The four basic styles • Straight forcemeats are produced by progressively grinding equal parts pork‚ pork fat with a third dominant meat which can be pork or another meat. The proteins are cubed and then seasoned
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which commonly called the "pork barrel" has been the subject of much public criticism in which following exposes on abuses by the members of Congress on use of the fund in 1996 and 2013. As the number one subject of the critics this days‚ we can not avoid that people will spar about removing the pork barrel. But in your opinion should the government abolish it or retain it????? “The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ better known as “Pork Barrel”‚ is a regular allocation
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THE HISTORY OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTAANCE FUND(PDAF)/PORK BARREL • The term pork barrel politics usually refers to spending which is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support‚ either in the form of campaign contributions or votes. In the popular 1863 story "The Children of the Public"‚ Edward Everett Hale used the term pork barrel as a homely metaphor for any form of public spending to the citizenry. After the American Civil War‚ however‚
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2014 TV5 News anchor Erwin Tulfo on Monday filed a libel case in the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against the Philippine Daily Inquirer‚ seeking P12 million in damages for reporting that he allegedly benefited from the diversion of congressional pork barrel funds‚ through a state agency‚ to dubious nongovernment organizations (NGOs). Named respondents were Inquirer editor-in-chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc‚ managing editor Jose Ma. Nolasco‚ news editor Artemio Engracia Jr. and reporter Nancy Carvajal
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Priority Development Assistance Fund scam I. Issues on Problems: The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam‚ also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam‚ is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF‚ popularly called "pork barrel")‚ a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government‚ mostly
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