“The pork barrel scam and the pork barrel itself is perpetuating social inequities in the Philippines.” – UP Faculty Against Pork Barrel
"Public funds are meant for everybody and not just for the few. There is a problem when only a few has control and discretion over a huge lump sum of public funds, and that's why that system has to be junked." – 10-year-old Jasmine Flores, most applauded speaker at Friday protest in Luneta
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective | Bulatlat.com Photos of the Napoles family with two top officials of the Aquino government have been circulating in social media sites. One photo showed Senate President Franklin Drilon and wife with the Napoles couple....
Filipinos from all walks of life joined the Million People March and expressed outrage against corruption and the pork barrel scam.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective | Bulatlat.com The August 26 Luneta protest activity attended by tens to hundreds of thousands from all walks of life has jolted the Aquino administration. It is now in a quandary on what to do with the pork barrel, which it...
What could the P10 billion government officials, in collusion with Janet-Lim Napoles, buy? It could finance free health care services for Filipinos for five years; it could finance the rice production of half a million peasants; and it could provide scholarships to a lot of deserving students so that no student would have to go through the desperation and helplessness felt by the late Kristel Tejada.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com President Benigno Aquino III finally blinked: he ordered a suspension of releases of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) pending the results of the investigation on the pork barrel scam involving Janet Lim-Napoles, and...
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