SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Sunday claimed that some lawmakers are demanding commissions from government projects funded by their “pork barrel” and that he intends to personally inform President Benigno Aquino 3rd about it. Read the rest of this entry »
Lawmakers pocketing kickbacks from ‘pork’
January 9, 2012
Ping bares pork corruption under Noy
January 6, 2012
Corruption by lawmakers in the use of their so-called pork barrel continues to take place even under the stewardship of President Aquino, a political ally in the Senate bared yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
The Senate in 2011: A chamber of comebacks and celebrities
December 29, 2011
The Senate had its fair share of excitement in 2011, including the return of three senators to the 23-member chamber and a flurry of inquiries, which catapulted several personalities to notoriety.
In the first week of January, detained Sen. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was given amnesty and joined the Senate the first time since he was elected in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Government needs P187.1 billion to implement 184 laws
October 10, 2011
MANILA, Philippines - The government needs P187.1 billion or about 10 percent of the proposed P1.8 trillion national budget for 2012 to implement 184 laws passed by Congress since 1991, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said in a report to the House of Representatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Silly bills in Congress: From anti-planking to anti-dildo bills
September 23, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – A political analyst has criticized lawmakers for filing “silly bills ” in the national legislature.
This, after Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo drew flak for filing House Bill 5316 or the anti-planking bill the other day. Read the rest of this entry »
Slow pace of economic edicts irk businessmen
September 13, 2011
Impatience is starting to creep in among local businesses as they complain that the 15th Congress under the Aquino administration has so far passed into law only three economic reform bills. Read the rest of this entry »
23 priority bills to be presented at LEDAC meeting
August 13, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-three priority measures will be presented to leaders and members of Congress during Tuesday’s Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting, President Aquino said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Lawmaker faces graft raps over pork-funded hotel, rallies
August 4, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – A party-list lawmaker is facing graft charges for allegedly diverting portions of his pork barrel funds to build a hotel in a privately owned resort in Laguna and finance a protest rally against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Only 8 measures OK’d by Fifteenth Congress
July 26, 2011
ONLY eight out of the 1,712 measures filed were approved during the First Regular Session of the Fifteenth Congress, the House of Representatives reported on Monday.
In their Performance Report, the House said that of the eight measures approved, one was a House joint resolution. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pork’ issue getting out of hand
July 25, 2011
The issue of the non-release of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to some members of the House of Representatives is getting out of control as Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco yesterday challenged Budget and Management Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad and presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda to be man enough to own up responsibility over the pork barrel problem. Read the rest of this entry »
