I’m Gaspar P. Asco Jr., defending the affirmative side on whether the priority development assistance fund or also known as the pork barrel funds should be abolish. To begin with let me discuss a brief backgrounder of the PDAF or the so called “pork barrel”. What really is PDAF or pork barrel? The term "pork barrel" is used to mean funds allocated to the members of the Philippine House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate to spend as they see fit without going through the normal budgetary…
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Background of the Company 4 2.1 What is the significant historical development over 3 years? 5 3. Analysis 6 3.1 Profitability 6 3.2 Solvency / Liquidity 9 3.3 Gearing 11 4. Conclusion and Recommendation 12 5. Appendix 13 Summarised of 3 Years Statements 13 Consolidated Income and Comprehensive Income Statements 14 Balance Sheets 15 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 16 6. List of References 17…
PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISSTANCE FUND (PDAF) By: PEREZ, Chrysalyka C. I. INTRODUCTION PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a form of pork barrel which has been a very controversial issue in our country today. These are funds given or allocated to government officials in order to support and be spent on community projects and/or repairs and improvements. G. Luis Igaya of Institute for Popular Democracy defined pork barrel…
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,…
University Social Work Department Tacloban City Subject: HBSE2: PHILIPPINE SOCIAL REALITIES & SOCIAL WELFARE Title: ISSUE ANALYSIS PAPER (PDAF scam) Date Submitted: September 30, 2013 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (PDAF) I. INTRODUCTION The history of ‘pork barrel’ started way back on 1922, during the American colonial period. The PDAF in its current form was reintroduced on 1986 during Corazon Aquino’s administration with the creation of the Countryside Development Fund (CDF)…
Say Yes to Pork and No to Corruption The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), better known as “Pork Barrel” is a public fund regularly distributed among the members of the congress to cater to the legislators’ local projects for the development of their particular communities. The “Pork Barrel Scam” is currently a sensitive and obfuscated issue in our country as Pork Barrel is a frequent target for critics who say that it facilitates corruption. They say it makes it easier for politicians…
Statement of the problem: The crisis by when this MNLF faction attempted to raise the flag of the self-proclaimed Bangsamoro Republik at Zamboanga City Hall, which had earlier declared its independence on August 12, 2013 in Talipao, Sulu. This armed incursion, which has been variously described a "crisis", a "standoff", a "siege", and a "humanitarian crisis", was met by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), which sought to free the hostages and expel…
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…
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 and Protests III. Abolishment of Pork Barrel A. Benefits B. Consequences C. Alternatives D. Opinions about the issue E. What the government will do after abolishing the…