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Aquino fires Palace consultant linked to Napoles
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS ALLEGED big-time pork barrel operator Janet Lim-Napoles has close ties with a Malacañang consultant whom President Benigno Aquino III ordered fired as soon as he discovered the connection two weeks ago. Brian Raymund Yamsuan, consultant to Executive Secretary Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa, was ordered dismissed after he was mentioned as having brokered Napoles’
Aquino’s doublespeak on PDAF and ‘pork’
By YVONNE T. CHUA PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III announced Friday his administration is set to “abolish” the infamous Priority Development Assistance Fund, or PDAF. But “pork barrel,” in reality, is staying. In Aquino’s own words, legislators will retain the discretion to “identify and suggest projects” for their districts under a new mechanism the budget
Pork by any name
By YVONNE T. CHUA and BOOMA B. CRUZ (Note: The excerpt on the history of pork barrel in the Philippines was written by VERA Files trustees Yvonne T. Chua and Booma Cruz in 2004 for the book, The Rulemakers: How the Wealthy and Well-Born Dominate Congress.) WHETHER they come in large or small amounts, pork barrel
Yet another reason to abolish pork barrel?
By LALA ORDENES WITH Janet Lim-Napoles and the P10 billion “pork barrel” scam hogging the headlines, here’s a thought: In an ideal world where the pork barrel is spent on the projects it is originally allocated for and no government official is corrupt, will the pork barrel be a successful tool in improving the standard
Tighter rules for pork barrel spending
By MIKHA FLORES GOVERNMENT projects using pork barrel funds will be allowed during the campaign period, but will be subject to stringent rules, the Commission on Elections said on Friday. The poll body said it will allow projects using the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) during the 45-day ban on public works spending and campaign period