Formerly known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ the pork barrel is government spending for projects intended to benefit the constituents of the legislators. It has a noble intention but is at the same time an invitation to corruption. In fact‚ one may call it institutionalized corruption. Senators and Congressmen are given millions of Pesos as an automatic appropriation in the General Appropriations Act to implement projects that they think their constituents need only to have
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The Pork Barrel What is Pork Barrel? Pork Barrel is the appropriation of the government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative’s district. How did the Pork Barrel start? It started on the 12th day of July year 2013 when the Inquirer published the first of a 6-part series on the investigation of the NBI on an alleged P10-B pork barrel scam. The story was based on the affidavit of Benhur Lim-Luy‚ who was rescued by the NBI from the condo
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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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“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
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Pork Barreling and Earmarking are slang terms typically referring to government spending by politicians to gain more votes toward their campaign Examples of this include our very own Robert C. Hall bridge at Marshall University. However‚ Earmarking and Pork Barreling are not quite the same thing. Congressional earmarks are typically defined as guarantees of federal expenditures to certain recipients in appropriations-related documents‚ while "pork" involves funding for government programs in which
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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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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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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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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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