Pork barrel scandal tHE SHOCKING P10 BILLION PORK BARREL SCANDAL HAS OCCUPIED THE PUBLIC ATTENTION IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS SINCE IT FIRST EXPLODED IN MID-jULY. tHE NEWS HAD BEEN COVERED IN BOTH PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA‚ AS WELL AS IN SOCIAL MEDIA VIA THE INTERNET. iT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND RELATE THEM WITH THE PRESENT AS THE EVENTS UNFOLD. lET US USE tHE mILLION pEOPLE mARCH HELD AT THE lUNETA(rIZAL pARK) HELD ON AUG. 26‚ 2013 AS A REFERENCE DATE. tHE
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Essay: Pork Barrel A cure‚ a treat‚ an alliance‚ a devastation or just a play. What do we really know about that so called Pork Barrel? All nation introduce to there governance the power of pork barrel stating that it’s a program serving righteous benefits for the society that concentrates on the people’s cost. But as a result of what they said Pork Barrel‚ I‚ you‚ we can’t see a single glimpse of faith brought by them. How can we say were free when we know that our
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The word race comes from a Norse word.[1] This Norse word arrived in France during the invading of Normandy and gave the word raz which means "swift water" in Brittany‚ as in a mill race; it can be found in "Pointe du Raz" (the most western point of France‚ in Brittany)‚ and "raz-de-marée" (tsunami). The word race to mean a "contest of speed" was first recorded in the 1510s.[2] A race and its name are often associated with the place of origin‚ the means of transport and the distance of the race
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“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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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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Street racing is an illegal sport that is growing popular at an alarming rate. Street racing is the concept of high performance automobliles racing on public roadways illegally. Individuals will take a basic car and tune it up to be very quick and very powerful. The idea of street racing originates from the legal sport of drag racing. Drag racing is an internationally recognized sport governed by the NHRA‚ the National Hot Rod Association. Drag racing consist of two drivers in separate cars
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Morris P;‚ Peterson E. Johnson‚ Bertrand; Mayer‚ William G. 2011 The New Documentary. 7th Edition ‚ Longman Publishing McElroy‚ Wendy. 2013‚ Pork Barrel Spending: The History of Lipstick Pigs. New York Post. Stinebrickner‚ Bruce. 2013. “ Annual Editions: American Government.” 13/14 Edition. Brainard Jefferey; Anne M. Borrego‚ 2003. Academic pork barrel tops $2-billion for first time. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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REACTION PAPER Submitted by: Cortez‚ Diana C. BSN-III NICOLET “THIS IS MY COUNTRY” I am an average teenager‚ but I am aware of what is happening in the country. One of the big problem that our country encounters today is CORRUPTION. “Pork Barrel” is the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative’s district. The usage originated in American English. In election campaigns‚ the term is used in derogatory fashion
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are many different kinds of racing‚ some of the most popular are‚ Stock Car‚ Drag racing‚ dirt track‚ and rally/road course. Sock Car Racing is a form of automobile racing which is popular in the U.S.‚ it features cars that are based on standard U.S. commercial models‚ but have been modified to $250‚000 race cars. They are usually raced on oval‚ paved tracks. The cars can sometimes reach speeds of close to 200mph. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)‚ founded in 1947 in
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Racing Greyhound Greyhound racing is one of the popular action sports‚ the sport of racing greyhounds. It started in 1974 in Western Australia‚ controlled by the Canning Greyhound Racing Association. In 1981‚ the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Authority‚ a government appointed committee‚ took over the control of the sport (Racing and Wagering Western Australia‚ 2002). In the race‚ dogs chase after an artificial hare on the track which leads them to the finish line‚ the first to arrive is the
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