What do young people think of the pork barrel scam?
What do you think of the pork barrel scam, and how can the public stop government officials from abusing this power?
What do you think of the pork barrel scam, and how can the public stop government officials from abusing this power?
In the Philippines, it is the budgetary allocation given to members of the Congress and the Senate. In 2006, the amount was P70 million for each member of Congress, and P200 million for each member of the Senate.
Never has the need to keep the fire burning been more pressing than now. Three weeks have passed since the Sept. 21 anti-pork barrel rally, and while the due process of law takes time, there have been no significant results. Meanwhile, the shadow of oppression and corruption still looms over our people.
Next time you eat out in the Philippines, you might want to check the government’s restaurant guide. It doesn’t tell you where the best food is, but if you’re possibly patronizing a tax cheat.
“The culprits and the senators should return the money. They are setting a bad example for the youth.” —Benj Lopez Roy, 17, High-school junior, International School Manila, Taguig
What is the pork barrel? In the Philippines, it is the budgetary allocation given members of the Congress and the Senate. In 2006, the amount was P70 million for each member of Congress, and P200 million for each member of the Senate.
The other day, I woke up to a text from my grandfather, telling me to get dressed and to wear white. I faintly recalled him telling me a few days ago that he would take all his apo to the “Million People March.”
Four women, well-dressed, well-coiffed, obviously well-off, immaculate in their white shirts, munching daintily on sandwiches while sitting on white monobloc chairs they had obviously brought.
More than four years after they had been proclaimed National Artists, visual artist Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, Tagalog fictionist Lazaro Francisco and filmmaker Manuel Conde will be finally conferred the awards in November in Malacañang, according to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
Chhavi Rajawat, an MBA graduate and one-woman whirlwind, is seeking to drag her impoverished ancestral village in the desert state of Rajasthan into the 21st century.
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